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- Selecting and Shipping Samples To Help Determine Cause of Fish Kills
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A guide to fish kills.
- Minor Pests of Fraser Fir Christmas Trees
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Most growers of Fraser fir Christmas trees in western North Carolina are familiar with its major pests: spruce spider mites, balsam twig aphids and balsam woolly adelgids. But there are several minor insects and diseases that growers may occasionally encounter.
- Live Oak: State Tree of Georgia
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Live oak is a beautiful, spreading, medium-sized to large tree 45-65 feet tall and 3-4 feet in diameter. It was named for its evergreen foliage. The largest registered live oak now living is 11 feet in diameter, 55 feet tall, with a crown spread of 132 fe...
- Landscape Plants That Attract Birds
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This publication discusses ways of designing your landscape that will benefit birds and still follow basic principles of landscape design.
- Initiating Fall Leaf Colors
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Spring flower colors are raised in fall to crown the trees. The pigments are the same but the colored containers have changed from dainty petals to coarse, broad leaves. Fall tree colors are composed of pigments that can be divided into oil paints, wate...
- Harvesting Trees
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This publication discusses the many factors that a landowner must consider before, during, and after the harvest.
- Glossary of Terms Used in Timber Harvesting and Forest Engineering
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Provides definitions for 1,026 words and terms used in timber harvesting and forest engineering, with an emphasis on terms related to timber harvesting operations. Terminology dealing with basic forestry, harvesting equipment, and economics is stressed.
- Crown Pruning Effects on Roots
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Tree growth and development are dependent upon a few basic mechanisms. These mechanisms are responsible for the tree making holistic adjustments to a changing external environment. These basic mechanisms also allow for correlation of processes internally.
- Create A Certified Wildlife Habitat
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Go out in your backyard and look around! Watch the butterflies and hummingbirds dance in search of nectar. Listen to the trill of songbirds. Hear the plop of a frog jumping into a pond. This isn't your yard, you say? It could be. It's not hard, and it doesn't matter where you live or how much space you have.
- Aquatic Weed Control: Using Grass Carp BROKEN
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A number of studies have determined grass carp preferences of the various common aquatic plants, and results from some of that work are summarized in this publication.
- American Forests: Urban Forests - Trees Working Where People Do
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Added: July 18, 2008As our cities expand and our population moves to increasingly urbanized areas, American Forests recognizes the ecological value of urban trees as an important conservation issue. Though it is inherently understood that trees improve our environment, until recently it was difficult to quantify these effects.
- Prescribed Burning Regulations in Florida
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Prescribed burning is a precise tool for vegetation management that requires permits, proper training, care, caution and control. Appropriate precautionary measures must be followed to ensure that the fire accomplishes the specified land management objectives and is confined to the planned fire area.
- Nutrient Management for Christmas Trees
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As commercial Christmas tree production increases in South Carolina, so do the problems growers are experiencing. However,with proper planning and careful management, Christmas trees can grow successfully in South Carolina.
- Neutral Plane Faults & Stem Strength
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Added: October 31, 2008In storm damage and tree failure assessments, estimating residual strength of damaged trees is difficult and filled with complex, dynamic interactions between the soil, tree, and environment. To help tree specialists appreciate tree biomechanics, this publication was developed to present the maximum relative strength values for two unique, ideal situations--neutral plane faults leaving two stem halves and four stem quarters. This theoretical view can help better understand certain mechanical forces and resistances.
- Farm Financial Issues and Options
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This publication is designed to highlight state and federal programs offering cost-share funds, payments, and tax credits for improved environmental quality
- A Homeowner's Guide to Living with Bears
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Added: April 17, 2008 - Needle Rusts of Pines
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Describes the biology, management and prevention (with supplementing pictures) of fungi in the genus Coleosporium, responsible for needle rusts.
- Needle Necrosis of Norfolk Island Pine
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Describes the needle necrosis of Norfolk Island pines, caused by the Collectotrichum derridis fungus (with supplementary pictures)
- Why Leaves Change Color-The Physiological Basis
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This publication explains the color change of leaves by discussing plant pigments, the physiology and anatomy of leaves, and the influence of climate and seasonal weather conditions.
- Methods of Moisture Content Measurement in the ...
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It is the job of wood product producers to establish a moisture content in the wood that will be similar to what the wood will experience in service. To accomplish that, manufacturers must develop a standard procedure that will measure wood moisture content consistently and accurately. This brief note discusses methods of moisture content measurement commonly found in the lumber and furniture industries.
- Flood Damage to Trees
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Most trees and woody shrubs are not adapted well to flooded conditions. There are a range of flood tolerance levels among different species and individuals. There are a number of growth form, anatomy, and physiology changes available in tolerant plants to try and minimize flooding damage and growth constraints.
- Before You Order Tree Seedlings
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Good tree planting practices include good planting stock, a well-selected and properly prepared site, proper planting methods, and adequate protection and care of the tree seedlings before and after planting. Failure in any of these planting practices often results in unsatisfactory survival or growth or even in complete failure. This article provides a few questions that should be asked before ordering seedlings.
- Evacuation Plan is More Than You May Think
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suggested evacuation plans (due to fire, storm, etc) for families living in wooded areas
- Your Florida Dooryard Citrus Guide - Pruning
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Although large machines prune closely planted trees in commercial citrus groves on a regular basis, dooryard citrus need not be pruned at all. There are exceptions: aesthetic purposes, to prevent shading of other plants, to prevent soilborne diseases, to remove cold-damaged limbs, and to rejuvenate old trees with reduced vigor, twig and small branch dieback, and small fruit.
- Arson Alert Association
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brochure for the AAA, a nonprofit group dedicated to ending wildland arson, encouraging the public to turn over arsonists to the police
- Weed Control in Irrigation Water Supplies
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This publication summarizes safe and effective techniques for managing aquatic weeds in irrigation ponds. It emphasizes preventive measures and the selection of cultural, mechanical, biological, and chemical management techniques appropriate for irrigation water supplies.
- Urban Forestry Bibliography
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Added: July 18, 2008The data base contains citations related to urban forestry. PLEASE NOTE - MSUE provides this list as a bibliograpy only. Check with your library to obtain copies of articles cited.
- Urban Forestry
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What is an urban forest? It is all of the trees and other vegetation in and around a town, village or city. Traditionally it has referred to tree-lined streets, but an urban forest also includes trees in home landscapes, schoolyards, parks, riverbanks, cemeteries, utility rights-of-way, adjacent woodlands and anywhere else trees can grow.
- Trees in Your Life
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Added: October 06, 2008This publication explores the various wood products that we use in our everyday lives.
- Tree Health Care: Managing Natural Changes
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We can do very little to alter the harsh urban environment. However, we can develop proactive tree programs that favor long-term tree health, reduce maintenance and replacement costs, and enhance tree longevity
