What is basal area of trees? How many trees per acre is that?
Basal area is the area of a given section of land that is occupied by the cross-section of tree trunks and stems at their base. Total basal area is measured by determining the area of individual trees, measured at chest height in the stand and adding the measurements together. The calculation of basal area is not comparable to trees per acre since the size of the trees in any given stand can vary significantly. The diameter of remaining trees will determine the trees per acre and this will be different in each case.
