There are several pruning methods for Hippophae rhamnoides L. forests, namely, heading-back cut, thinning-out cut, shortening cut, renewal cut, watershoot pruning, etc.

对于一般沙棘林，其修剪方法主要包括短截、疏剪、回缩、更新剪（留桩）、徒长枝的修剪等。