1999 Minnesota Statutes

     270.33 Definitions.  

    Subdivision 1.    Applicability.  Unless the language or 
 context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, 
 the following words, terms and phrases for the purposes of 
 sections 270.31 to 270.39 shall be given meanings as follows: 

    Subd. 2.    Forest type.  Forest type means a stand of 
 trees characterized by the predominance of one or more key 
 species, which make up 50 percent or more of the sawlog volume 
 in sawlog stands; of cordwood in pole-timber stands; or of the 
 number of trees in seedling and sapling stands.  

    Subd. 3.    Spruce fir type.  Spruce fir type means a 
 mixed hardwood and coniferous stand of trees with white spruce 
 and balsam-fir the most common species.  

    Subd. 4.    Swamp spruce type.  Swamp spruce type means 
 a stand of trees in which swamp conifers predominate with black 
 spruce the most common.  

    Subd. 5.    Other swamp conifers type.  Other swamp 
 conifers type means a stand of trees in which conifers 
 predominate with tamarack or cedar the most common.  

    Subd. 6.    Jack pine type.  Jack pine type means a 
 stand of trees in which pine species predominate with jack pine 
 the most common.  

    Subd. 7.    White and Norway pine type.  White and 
 Norway pine type means a stand of trees in which pine species 
 predominate with white or Norway pine the most common.  

    Subd. 8.    Aspen-Birch type.  Aspen-Birch type means a 
 stand of trees in which a mixture of trembling or large-tooth 
 aspen and paper birch predominates.  

    Subd. 9.    Upland hardwood type.  Upland hardwood type 
 means a stand of trees in which northern hardwood species (sugar 
 and red maple, yellow birch, basswood and oak) predominate.  

    Subd. 10.    Lowland hardwood type.  Lowland hardwood 
 type means a stand of trees on poorly drained land in which the 
 bottomland hardwood, such as ash, elm and Balm of Gilead 
 predominate.  

    Subd. 11.    Stagnant spruce swamp type.  Stagnant 
 spruce swamp type means a stand in which spruce predominates, 
 but which will not produce standard pulpwood in 100 years, 
 although it will produce Christmas trees of commercial value.  

    Subd. 12.    Commercial forest type.  Commercial forest 
 type means any forest type which has three cords or more of 
 standard pulpwood or sawlogs per acre or 500 stems or more of 
 commercial tree species per acre.  

    Subd. 13.    Temporarily nonproductive type.  
 Temporarily nonproductive type means land capable of producing a 
 commercial forest type but does not at present meet the 
 standards of subdivision 11.  

    Subd. 14.    Permanently nonproductive type.  
 Permanently nonproductive type means land such as muskeg, marsh 
 and rock outcrops, which is unsuitable for growing a commercial 
 forest type.  

    Subd. 15.    Average annual growth rate.  Average annual 
 growth rate means the estimated average amount of commercial 
 forest product one acre of land will grow in one year.  

    Subd. 16.    Stumpage value.  Stumpage value means the 
 monetary value placed on standing timber before it is cut 
 expressed in terms of dollars per cord or dollars per thousand 
 board feet.  Conversion from board feet to cords for the 
 purposes of sections 270.31 to 270.39 shall be 2-1/4 per 
 thousand board feet.  

    Subd. 17.    Value of the annual growth.  Value of the 
 annual growth means the average annual growth rate per acre for 
 a type multiplied by the weighted average of the stumpage values 
 of all species in the type.  The proportions of the various 
 species making up the type to be used in computing the weighted 
 average of the stumpage values of all species in the type shall 
 be determined with reference to the most recent official forest 
 survey report for the county in which the land is located.  

    Subd. 18.    Governmental subdivision.  Governmental 
 subdivision shall mean a government lot or a sixteenth of a 
 section commonly known as a forty.  

    HIST: 1957 c 639 s 3; 1959 c 441 s 1