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- Common Causes of Oak Mortality
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Discusses the common causes, and some solutions, of oak tree maladies and death in Florida
- Tree Plantings Tips
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Added: November 05, 2008So you want to plant a tree...tips for choosing the right tree for the site to getting it in the ground.
- Last Generation: Our Endangered Species
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Through the generations, changing environments cause some living things to flourish, some to linger on the edge of existence, and others to no longer survive. Loss of individuals is called death.
- Introduction to Growing Christmas Trees
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Christmas trees can be grown successfully in Oklahoma; however, knowledge of production procedures and marketing potentials are essential.
- First, see a forester
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More than 60 percent of North Carolina is forested, but much of this valuable resource is not actively``managed. Properly managed forests can generate extra money from the sale of timber products; improve wildlife habitat, aesthetics, recreation, and``water quality; and increase land value. By seeking the assistance of a professional forester, you can maximize``the return on your forestlands.
- Dendrology at Virginia Tech
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Find fact sheets for 470 native and ornamental trees from across North America. Each printable sheet contains a full text description plus several color images.
- Cottontail Rabbits BROKEN
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Cottontail rabbits are distributed throughout the United States and Canada. The two species of rabbits in Oklahoma that this publication discusses are the eastern cottontail and swamp rabbit.
- Conserving Energy with Landscaping
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Well-placed plantings can significantly temper the microclimate around a home, resulting in a more comfortable environment and big savings in heating and cooling costs over time.
- 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.
- Seasoning to Prevent Defects in Green Wood
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Added: November 05, 2008This publication provides information on some of problems and basic principles involved in seasoning lumber, wood disks and other small pieces of wood. It is intended to help individuals who would like to season small quantities of wood inexpensively and without sacrificing quality. Small mill owners may also find this information useful in the manufacture of dried wood products.
- South Carolina State Forest Recreation
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Recreation and information on SC's three state forests.
- Soil Compaction & Trees: Causes, Symptoms & Effects
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Added: November 05, 2008The health and structure of trees are reflections of soil health. The ecological processes which govern tree survival and growth are concentrated around the soil/root interface. As soils, and associated resources change, tree systems must change to effectively utilize and tolerate changing resources quantities and qualities, as well as the physical space available. Soil compaction is a major tree-limiting feature of community forest managers and arborists.
- 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.
- Managing your Forest Landscape for Firewood
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Management of a small woodlot is not that different from managing large tracts of land. The key to management is knowing how to inventory the initial volume and how to calculate the amount of product, in this case firewood, that is accumulating in the stand.
- Growth Increment Area Increase
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Added: October 31, 2008The secondary growth of trees produces unique mechanical and biological solutions to life. From shoot tip to root tip, a new growth increment is deposited on the outside of the last growth increment. This livingsheath of tissue generated (facilitated) by the last growth increment, minimizes transport resistances and pathway defense, as well as spreading out bending, twisting and gravitational loads. As new growth increments generate, some of the most interior increments are internally shed and closed-down. The geometric result is a nearly round in cross-section, longitudinally tapered, nested set of conical shaped growth increment layers.
- Changing Color
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Added: February 26, 2008This article describes the changes that take place in trees and cause them to change colors.
- Timber Basis for Federal Income Tax
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This article reviews considerations for recovering capital expenditures and briefly touches on smoothing income flows to minimize passive losses.
- The Global Positioning System
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GPS is a satellite-based radio navigation system. Users anywhere``on the surface of the earth (or in space around the earth)``with a GPS receiver can determine their geographic position``in latitude (north-south), longitude (east-west), and elevation.
- Personal Selling for the Forest Products Industry
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As we enter the 21st century the role of the salesperson has changed. Their duties no longer include simply taking orders and quoting prices. This is especially true for the forest products industry, where a "marketing" philosophy has never been dominant.
- Major Watersheds of Georgia
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The direct or indirect source of water for irrigation, power, industry, domestic use, navigation, and recreation comes from water falling over and flowing down forested watersheds in Georgia. Watersheds are areas where one major river system drains the la...
- Help Save America's Pearly Mussels
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This publication will provide you with a brief look at freshwater mussels -- what they look like, where they live, what they eat, why they are valuable, how they are used, why some are in trouble, and how to protect these simple but important aquatic animals.
- Forest Fragmentation Index Map Of North America
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This map layer data set is a grid map of North America including the Caribbean and most of Mexico. The data set is an excerpt from a global assessment of forest fragmentation.
- Black-spored Quillwort (Isoetes melanospora)
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Added: October 20, 2008Aquatic plant 3-8 centimeters (1.2-3.2in) tall that reproduces by spores. Has five to 10 pointed, stiff and needle-like leaves, about 5-7 centimeters (2-2.8 in) long and 1 millimeter (0.04 in) wide. Leaves have light green tops that yellow toward the base...
- Pesticide Safety and Personal Protective Equipment for Citrus Grove Workers
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Details basic safety precautions for those working with pesticides.
- BMP Courtesy Checks: Solutions to Better Water
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Using BMPs to ensure the highest quality water
- Urban Forestry Center
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One of New Hampshires most unique resources is not found on a majestic mountain top... or in the states many lakes, rivers, and streams... or even within its wooded forests. Its actually located on a quiet road on the outskirts of Portsmouth, just waiting to be discovered by anyone who values New Hampshires woodlands and natural resources.
- Urban forest Health Needs Assessment Survey
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The Urban Forest Health Needs Assessment Survey was designed to query urban forestry professionals and learn about their attitudes toward the general issue of urban forest health, identify specific training and information needs in the areas of urban tree health management, and discover preferences in educational outreach methods.
- Tree Squirrels in Mississippi
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This publication discusses the proper habitats for fox and gray squirrels.
- Tree Heat Stress Syndrome
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Added: October 20, 2008Georgia can have many hot days during the year. From the North Georgia mountains to the coast, these large heat loads can influence plant growth.Figure #1; Figure #2. Trees and shrubs generally have optimum growing conditions across the range of temperatu...
- Tips for Hunting Leases
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Leasing hunting land is one of several types of hunting enterprises. A good lease describes the agreements between landowner and hunter so that there are no misunderstandings about the privileges being purchased.
