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State of World Forests Cover, FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Developing countries have major challenges maintaining their forests.
The critical forestry issues in our world's forests in underdeveloped countries. A report on FAO global forestry objectives for world forest health.
- Photo by Steve Nix
How to kill a tree legally and with reduced environmental impact.
There are times you need to kill a tree and control woody stem plants. Chemical and herbicides are effective if the right treatment and proper application is used.
- USFS
Wildfire physical training and tests are important to firefighters.
The Wildfire Pack Test - Why the Work Capacity Test Was Developed and why training is so important to the new firefigher.
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Use pine as firewood with caution - don't use cedar.
There are many reasons to never use cedar as a regular wood for the fireplace. You may use pine but be aware of the wood's downside as firewood.
Wood burning and
Use Lady Celia Congreve's Firewood Poem to select wood for burning.
This firewood poet, Lady Celia Congreve has some sound advice in the form of a poem for users of firewood.
Drayton Hall Sabal Palm - Photo by Steve Nix
Monocotyledonous Sabal palm tree, favorite in Southern US seascapes.
The cabbage palm is the favorite palm for landscapers. It is a large, tall palm with a single unbranching trunk that grows to about 50 feet. Sabal palm is state tree and on the flag of South Carolina. The palm is on Florida's Great Seal.
Saucer Magnolia - Steve Nix / About Forestry
Saucer magnolia is the first flower display of early Spring
Saucer magnolia is a widely planted and showy flowering small tree and popular spring bloomer in the urban landscape.
Mitten Bute in Monument Valley The Mitten ... - Brian Lawrence/Photographer's Choice RF/Getty Images
5 major causes of the eventual death of a tree.
Trees that reach maturity have the genetic potential to live over a century. Some species can live for many centuries. Most trees never reach that potential and are killed by environmental factors, insects and disease and catastrophe. Here are the ways trees die.
- Steve Nix
Here are 5 methods used to identify a dormant tree in winter
Use this resource to identify dormant trees with just the buds and twigs. It takes a little effort but opens new doors to winter tree identification.
- Joseph OBrien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
A "bleeding" tree is probably bacterial wetwood or slime flux disease,
Bacterial wetwood, also called slime flux, is a major bole rot of trunk and branches of trees. It has been attributed to bacterial infection.
Mailbox on a back road in Rural South Carolina in Autumn, Leaves of the oak tree are backlit by the bright morning sun. - Glenn Ross Images /Moment Open/Getty Images
Oaks - leaf identification, favored habitat, acorn planting and images
Things you need to know about oak trees in North America, including their forms, identification markers, name groups and regeneration.
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How science reconstructs the evolution of trees and forests
The natural history and progression of forests and trees started when vascular plants arrived on Earth over 400 million years ago. The first coniferous forest took another 150 million years to develop. Here is the story as science has pieced it together
- Amazon.com
Ten best book guides to learn about single trees and forests of trees.
Top 10 reference books on forestry and trees that can make the job of managing trees easier and enhance the pleasure of using forests and trees.
- UGA, Paul Wray, Forestryimages.com
This "bee-tree" is beautiful in the landscape and makes excellent honey
American Basswood is a common but unique tree. Also called American linden, the basswood has grand properties including wood working, herbal and ecosystem benefits.
Hoedad - Forestry Suppliers Inc
Hoedads are the tools used to plant trees on steep slopes.
Hoedads are hand tools used to plant bare-root trees by the thousands quickly and mainly used by experienced crews. They are designed for steep slopes
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