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Forest

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What is a forest?

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What is a forest?

  • A living, complexly interrelated community of trees & associated plants & animals
  • Ever changing

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  • Forestry
    • The study of forest & associated communities

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What is the importance of a forest?

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Types of Forest

  • Native forest
    • Species are voluntarily growing & naturally present.
    • Have a variety of species & provide wildlife habitat

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Types of Forest Cont.

  • Regrowth forest
    • Majority of forest east of the Rocky Mountains
    • Been cut one or more times
    • Regrows approximately every quarter century

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  • Old-growth Forest
    • Uncut forest
    • Most are located in the Pacific coast states

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Types of Forest Cont.

  • Tree farm
    • An area that has been planted to select & improve tree species

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What do forest provide us with?

In your notebook, write down a list of all the things we get from a forest.

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Forest Uses

  • Raw Materials
    • Logs
    • Pulpwood
  • Fence post
  • Maple syrup
  • Nuts
  • Berries
  • Many other specialty

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Environmental Benefits

  • Influence local climate
    • Reduce temperature & wind movement

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  • Conserve moisture
    • Reduce the runoff

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  • Habitat for wildlife

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  • Removal of pollutants & pollutant detection

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  • Noise Reduction

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  • Recreational activities

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Forest Region

  • An area with a predominance of related tree species present

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  • Based on climate
    • Moisture, temperature, and soil influence types of forest

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  • The United States can be divided into 6 major forest regions

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Forest Regions

  • Northern forest region
    • Largest
    • Northern portion
      • Produces small-size trees
      • Black & white spruce, Balsam Fir, Paper Birch, Aspen, Willows

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    • Southern portion
      • Highly valuable timber
      • Spruce, Birches, Beech, Basswood, Maple

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  • Southern forest region
    • Pine, Bald Cypress, Gums, Beech, Ashes, Elms, Oaks, Hickories

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  • Central hardwood region
    • Oaks are dominant species
    • Hickories, Ashes, Elms, Maples, Gum, Beech, Walnut, Cottonwood, Sycamore, & Dogwood

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Forest Regions

  • Tropical Forest Region
    • Palms, Ebony, Mesquite, and other thorny species

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  • Rocky Mountain Forest Region
    • Primary tree species are
      • Spruce, Lodgepole pine, Aspen, Douglas Fir, Oaks, Junipers, and Cottonwood

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  • Pacific Coast Forest Region
    • Single most important timber species in the world found here
      • Douglas Fir