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- Fertilizing Trees and Shrubs
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In urban or suburban neighborhoods, trees and shrubs often need fertilizing. Modern home- building methods create adverse growing conditions for plants. Often, good topsoil is completely removed and not replaced. Heavy machinery scrapes and compacts fertile soil, reducing its aeration and drainage. Plants are crowded by streets and sidewalks, and must compete with grass for nutrients. Proper fertilization is especially important to landscape plants in this type of environment.
- Ecology & Management of the Northern Bobwhite
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This publication provides information that will help with the successful management of the bobwhite quail.
- Border Irrigation System
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Border irrigation is an old irrigation system used in the western part of the United States to irrigate alfalfa, wheat, other small grains, and sometimes row crops. It is a system where a large volume of water is put in a defined border or bay at the top of the field and guided by the borders down the slope in a uniform wetting pattern to the end of the field.
- Bird Feeding: Tips for Beginners and Veterans
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This booklet is a basic guide for the beginner just embarking on the hobby of feeding birds, but it should also help veterans improve their feeding stations.
- Angler's Guide to Fish Diseases and Parasites
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Occasionally anglers catch fish that show signs of infection or parasitism. Is the fish safe to eat? The usual and safest response to this question is, "When in doubt--don't." However, very few fish diseases can be transferred to humans. Almost all fish a...
- Florida's 2000 Rice Variety Census
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Summary of the 2009 Florida rice crop
- Dwarfing and Freeze Hardiness Potential of Trifoliate Orange Rootstocks
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Details the usefulness of freeze-hardy rootstocks in citrus growing.
- Brown Spot in Florida Rice
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Brown spot is one of the most important rice diseases in Florida. The disease can adversely affect the yield and milling quality of the grain. Under environmental conditions conducive to disease, yield loss estimates range from 16 to 40 percent in Florida. This document summarizes brown spot.
- Early Planting and Care for Planted Seedlings
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Once you have plated your seedlings, what next? This Oklahoma Extension publication will give you a few pointers.
- Ecological and Economic Consequences of the 1998 Florida Wildfires
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The objective of this project was to assess the economic effects of catastrophic forest wildfires in Florida and various causal factors contributing to these fires, principal among them the use of prescribed burning. We used static and dynamic analyses at several spatial and temporal scales drawing on a combination of operational, survey and other data sources. One analysis estimated the economic effects of the 1998 wildfires in northeastern Florida, proximally caused by an unusually dangerous weather pattern associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle.
- Spotfin Chub (Hybopsis monacha)
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The spotfin chub measures about 3.4 inches (8.5 cm). It is light olive on the back and pales to silver below. There is a distinct lateral line from which gold and green stripes radiate. During mating, males turn a metallic blue above this line.
- IPM Checklist In Established Fraser Fir Christmas Tree Plantations
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Integrated pest management or IPM is a sustainable approach to controlling pests by combining biological, cultural, physical and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks. This checklist is designed to give ideas of practices that may be adopted so that tree production can become closer to the IPM ideal.
- Glossary of Forestry Terms
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This glossary contains many useful forestry terms.
- Recreational Opportunities on CRP Lands
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consumptive enterprises, non-consumptive enterprises, hunting leases, shooting preserves, fee fishing, sporting clays, photography, home range, wildlife, hiking, bird watching
- Tree Root Growth Requirements
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Roots utilize space in the soil.
- Hurricane-damaged Shade, Ornamental, and Fruit Trees
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A brief guide to single tree care after catastrophic weather events.
- Basic Water Properties: Attributes and Reactions Essential for Tree Life
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Added: November 05, 2008Water is essential to tree life. Water is a solvent, transporter, buffer, and reagent for the tree. Water is the most limiting of all essential tree resources. Trees have developed specialized organs, processes, and surfaces to use and conserve water carefully. The value of water lies with its chemical properties, physical reactions, and biological uses. This publication will review what is water, and how it supports life through its properties.
- Reduce Environmental Problems with Proper Land Application of Animal Manure
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Added: March 22, 2008Livestock or poultry production enterprises should have a comprehensive manure nutrient management plan to take advantage of the animal manure benefits. A plan is also important in reducing the risk of environmental problems when manure is used as a nutrient source for farm crops.
- Power Lines and Trees
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This publication discusses the dangers of trees growing too close to power lines and methods for managing the problem.
- Management of the Wild Turkey in Oklahoma BROKEN
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Management to improve wild turkey habitat will depend on a number of factors, such as which life need is limiting population, other land use commitments, soil or climatic conditions that restrict the use of certain practices, and others.
- International Society of Arboriculture (ISA)
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The International Society of Arboriculture is a worldwide professional organization dedicated to fostering a greater appreciation for trees and to promoting research, technology, and the professional practice of arboriculture.
- How Forest Trees Grow
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Knowing how forest trees grow can help woodland owners predict yeilds. Being able to understand the growing cycles of different trees will also help the owner decide when and how to plant, thin and prune trees to increase wood production.
- Evaluating Pine Regeration and Economic Opportunities
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The purpose of this publication is to provide landowners with information about regeneration options by examining the management and economic opportunities of three pine regeneration methods.
- Designing a Prescribed Fire Demonstration Area
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This site focuses on how to design a prescribed fire demonstration and the benefits that come from prescribed burning.
- A Decision-Aid Tool to Compare Costs of Mechanical Harvesting Systems
- Wood Explorer
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an Internet virtual library; The Wood Explorer CD contains the largest directory of over 1,600 commercial wood species
- Urban Ecosystems 1: Cities are Urban Ecosystems
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To understand that cities are urban ecosystems which include both nature and humans, in a largely human-built environmental context. To understand that urban ecosystems have emergent properties that cannot easily be seen by simply looking at the different functional parts of a city: The whole is more than the sum of the parts
- Small and Intermediate Trees for North Carolina
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Small and intermediate size trees play an important role in the landscape. They can be quite functional and offer seasonal beauty. These trees are generally very easy to maintain and require a minimum of pruning.
- RNGR - Reforestation, Nurseries and Genetics Resources
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Added: October 25, 2008RNGR is the USDA Forest Service clearing house for reforestation, forest and conservation nurseries, and forest genetics information.
- Uptake and Reduction of Nitrogen in Trees
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Adequate availability of nitrogen in soils is but one of the problems facing trees. Moving nitrogen inside the tree presents a number of unique problems and solutions.
