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| What region of the United States plants the most trees? |
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| When is the optimum time for planting seedlings to maximize survival? |
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| What are the cost-share programs for landowners? |
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FLEP (Forest Land Enhancement Program)
WHIP (Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program)
EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentive Program) |
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| What are the reserve programs? |
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WRP (Wetland Reserve Program)
CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) |
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| How should container-grown seedlings be planted? |
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| With the root plug even or 1/2 inch above the ground level |
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| The blade of a dibble should be no less than ____ inches long. |
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| The best planting conditions are when the relative humidity is ____________. |
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| Why do seedlings oftern have to be culled? |
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They are too small.
They are damaged during shipping. |
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| What are the three ways to reproduce a forest? |
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Planting Wild Seedlings
Direct Seeding
Planting Nursery Grown Seedlings |
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| How many acres of trees are planted each year in the United States? |
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| What percentage of the acres planted each year are planted by private landowners? |
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| What are the top five tree planting states? |
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1. Georgia
2. Mississippi
3. Alabama
4. Florida
5. Texas |
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| The Southern States plant what percentage of acres planted each year? |
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| How many years does it take to grow a tree 100 feet tall? |
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| What are the reasons trees are important? |
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-the products they provide
-clean the air
-buffer noise
-give wildlife homes and sources of food
-protect the soil from erosion
-protect the watershed
-give us oxygen |
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| How many products do we use that come from trees? |
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-process involves digging up and transplanting wild seedlings
-uneconomical and inefficient in a forest situation
-could be used for planting hardwood trees around food plots |
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-sowing tree seeds to establish stands of trees
-can be effective and successful when performed under the proper conditions
-advantages:grow as well at planted pine seedlings at the same age, a helicopter can sow up to 2500 acres per day, establishment cost for the stand is usually lower than planted seedlings
-factors that affect direct seeding: vegetative cover, soil moisture, birds and rodents |
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| Planting Nursery Grown Seedlings |
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-over 1.6 billion seedlings are produced and shipped by tree nurseries
-can be bareroot or containerized
-advantages:most certain method of acquiring a good stand of trees, close control of stocking rate, uniform stands, erosion control, time to maturity is less
-disadvantages:higher investment cost, seedling survival
-sources of seedlings:Georgia Forestry Commission, private nurseries
-species selection is a critical step |
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-leading commercial timber species in the Southern United States
-can reach height of 90-110 feet and 24-30 inches in diameter
-planting range:Piedmont and Coastal Plain
-preferred soils:deep surface layered soils with plenty of moisture but poor surface drainage
-major source of lumber and large percentage of wood used for paper
varieties:RR3, Rust Resistant, Livingston Parish, Improved |
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-can reach 60-100 feet in height and averages 2 feets in diameter
-planting range: coastal plain
-preferred soils:spodosols with depth to a clay layer greater than 20 inches from the surface, hardpans are common
-rapid juvenile growth
-valuable in the timber and pulp industries
-high gum production is valuable in naval stores industry
-varieties:Premium, Rust Resistant, High Gum, Improved |
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-can be 80-120 feet in height and 24-30 inches in diameter
-planting range:Coastal Plain
-preferred soil:deep well-drained, acid, sandy soils
-very intolerant of shade
-valuable for lumber and in the naval stores industry |
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-can be 80-100 feet in height and 2-3 feet in diameter
-planting range:Upper Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and Mountains
-preferred soils:fine sandy loams or silt loams that is not highly acidic or highly alkaline
-considered slow-growing
-valuable timber and pulp species |
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-can be 40-70 feet in height and12-18 inches in diameter
-grows naturally in the Upper Piedmont and Mountains
-preferred soils:well-drained loams
-grows poorly on sandy soils
-inferior to the other southern pines
-valuable as Christmas trees and hedges |
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| Fusiform Rust Resistant Pines |
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1. Longleaf
2. Shortleaf
3. Loblolly
4. Slash |
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| Pines Susceptible to Southern Pine Beetle |
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1. Shortleaf
2. Loblolly
3. Slash
4. Longleaf |
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| Pines Susceptible to Littleleaf Disease |
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1. Shortleaf
2. Slash
3. Loblolly
4. Longleaf |
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1. Longleaf
2. Loblolly
3. Shortleaf
4. Slash |
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1. Shortleaf
2. Loblolly
3. Longleaf
4. Slash |
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| Pines Resistant to Ice Damage |
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1. Shortleaf
2. Loblolly
3. Longleaf
4. Slash |
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| Pines Tolerant to Poor Drainage |
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1. Slash
2. Loblolly
3. Longleaf
4. Shortleaf |
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| Pines with High Fertility Requirements |
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1. Loblolly
2. Slash
3. Longleaf
4. Shortleaf |
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| Pines Resistant to Stand Stagnation |
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1. Shortleaf
2. Longleaf
3. Loblolly
4. Slash |
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| When should seedlings be planted? |
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-within two weeks of receiving them
-when soil is moist
-bareroot seedlings optimum planting time is December to March
-containerized seedlings can be planted as early as October |
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| What conditions should seedlings be protected from? |
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-direct sunlight
-high temperatures above 80 degrees
-freezing temperatures
-wind
-fertilizer, chemicals, or fuel residues |
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