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Underplanting
Planting young trees under the canopy of an existing stand.

Understory
see Story

Uneven-Aged Forest
A forest in which there are considerable differences in age of trees and in which three or more age classes are present.

Uneven-Aged System
A silvicultural system in which stands have an uneven-aged structure.

Uniform Shelterwood
see Shelterwood Cutting

Unmerchantable
Of a tree or stand that has not attained sufficient size, quality, and/or volume to make it suitable for harvesting.

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