Question

Read the following statements of silvicultural system followed in tree species and choose the correct answer from the following options:
Statement (I): Anogeissus latifolia is worked only as a component species of mixed forests as coppice-with-standards.
Statement (II): Terminalia arjuna tree is not a regular component of forest stand and is usually worked under selection and coppice with standards.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• A. Only statement (I) is correct and statement (II) is incorrect
• B. Only statement (II) is correct and statement (I) is incorrect
• C. Both the statements (I) and (II) are correct
• D. Both the statements (I) and (II) are incorrect

Hint:

Many commercially valuable, high-coppicing Indian deciduous trees (like Anogeissus and Terminalia species) are traditionally managed under mixed-forest "coppice-with-standards" systems to prevent soil erosion and maintain structural diversity.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C