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The Science of Growing Trees
Silviculture is the art and science of managing trees. Here are sites that discuss tending and managing trees and the forest...
ID and Manage Red Alder
ID and Manage Red Alder
ID and Manage Alaska Cedar
ID and Manage Alaska Cedar
ID and Manage Eastern Hemlock
ID and Manage Eastern Hemlock
ID and Manage Shortleaf Pine
ID and Manage Shortleaf Pine
ID and Manage Slash Pine
ID and Manage Slash Pine
ID and Manage Eastern Red Cedar
ID and Manage Eastern Red Cedar
ID and Manage Juniper
ID and Manage Juniper
ID and Manage American Beech
ID and Manage American Beech
ID and Manage White Oak
ID and Manage White Oak
ID and Manage Atlantic White Cedar
ID and Manage Atlantic White Cedar
How to Manage and ID Paperbark Maple
How to Manage and ID Paperbark Maple
How to Manage and Identify Fringe Tree
How to Manage and ID Fringetree or Old-man's-beard
How to Manage and ID Aralia spinosa
How to Manage and ID Aralia spinosa
How to Manage and Identify Red Spruce
How to Manage and ID Picea rubens or
red spruce
How to Manage and Identify Chinkapin
How to Manage and ID Chinkapin
How to Manage and Identify Green Ash
Tips on identifying green ash, how to care for green ash and special information for using Fraxinus pennsylvanica in the landscape.
Manage Ginkgo - Plant and Grow a Ginkgo
How to Manage and ID Ginkgo or Ginkgo biloba
Manage Live Oak - Plant and Grow a Live Oak
How to Manage and ID Live Oak or Quercus Virginiana
How to Manage and ID Baldcypress
How to Manage and ID Baldcypress
How to Manage and Identify Ailanthus altissima
Identify and Manage Ailanthus or Tree-of-Heaven
How to Manage and Identify American Beautyberry
American beautyberry is a large shrub of the American forest and a major fall source of food for wildlife. Forestry managers should encourage the growing of Callicarpa americana in the forest understory.
How to Manage and Identify Monkey Puzzle Tree
Identify and Manage Monkey Puzzle Tree
How to Manage and Identify Fig
Identify and Manage Fig Ficus carica
Using a Tree as a Hedge Plant
Tips for Using a Tree as a privacy Hedge plant and windbreak
How to Manage and ID Norfolk-island Pine
How to Manage and ID Norfolk-island Pine
How to Manage and ID Baldcypress
How to Manage and ID Baldcypress
How to Manage and ID Paper Birch
How to Manage and ID Paper Birch
How to Manage and ID Weeping Higan Cherry
How to Manage and ID Weeping Higan Cherry
Manage Redbud | Identify Cercis canadensis | Plant Eastern Red Bud
Manage Redbud | Identify Cercis canadensis | Plant Eastern Red Bud
Identify Callery Pear | Manage Bradford Pear | Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
Identify Callery Pear | Manage Bradford Pear | Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’
Identify Mulberry | Manage red and white Mulberry | Morus rubra alba
Identify Mulberry | Manage red and white Mulberry | Morus rubra alba
Identify Saucer Magnolia | Manage Saucer Magnolia | Magnolia x soulangiana
How to Manage and ID Magnolia x soulangiana or
Saucer Magnolia
How to Manage Colorado Blue Spruce | Identify Colorado Blue Spruce | Picea pungens
How to Manage and ID Colorado Blue Spruce
How to Manage Noble Fir | Identify Noble Fir | Abies procera
How to Manage and ID Noble fir
How to Manage Norway Spruce | Identify Norway Spruce
How to Manage and ID Norway Spruce
Identify Osage Orange | Manage Osage Orange | Maclura pomifera
How to Manage and ID Osage Orange or Maclura pomifera
How to Manage and Identify Sourwood
How to Manage and ID Sourwood
An Introduction to the Boxelder Tree
Boxelder is not a recommended tree to plant in your yard. Still it has many desirable qualities to keep it in the landscape including unique leaf and seed qualities and colorful cultivars.
An Introduction to the Basswood Tree
American Basswood is a common but unique tree. Also called American linden, the basswood has grand properties including wood working, herbal and ecosystem benefits.
How to Manage and ID Japanese Maple
How to Manage and ID Japanese Maple
How to Manage and Identify Arborvitae
How to Manage and ID Arborvitae
How to Manage and Identify Pin Oak
How to Manage and ID pin oak
The Hybrid Poplar
A quick review of benefits and problems associated with hybred poplar.
How to Manage and ID Yoshino Cherry
How to Manage and ID Yoshino Cherry
How to Manage and ID Kwanzan Cherry
How to Manage and ID Kwanzan Cherry
How to Manage and ID Southern Waxmyrtle
How to Manage and ID Southern Wax myrtle
How to Manage and ID Flowering Dogwood
How to Manage and ID Flowering Dogwood
How to Manage and ID Mimosa
How to Manage and ID Mimosa
How to Manage and Identify American Sycamore
How to Manage and ID American Sycamore
How to Manage and ID Lombardy poplar
How to Manage and ID Lombardy poplar
Essential Red Maple Information
Here is essential information on selecting, growing, and managing red maple for the landscape.
Manage and ID Chorisa speciosa
How to Manage and ID Chorisa speciosa
Manage and ID Paulownia tomentosa
How to Manage and ID Paulownia tomentosa
ID and manage Zelkova serrata
Zelkova serrata or Japanese zelkova is the new replacement for an endangered American elm.
ID and Manage Douglas Fir
ID and Manage Douglas Fir
ID and Manage Leyland Cypress
ID and Manage Leyland Cypress
ID and Manage Persimmon
How to ID and Manage Persimmon
Forestry Best Managment Practices
Landowners, foresters, timber buyers, loggers, site preparation and reforestation contractors, and others involved with forestry (defined as silvicultural) operations presently have an obligation to use effective practices to minimize nonpoint source pollution (soil erosion and stream sedimentation) and thermal pollution.
About Beginning Your Silvicultural Activities
A basic site to start your silvicultural activities from your About Forestry Guide.
About Clearcutting - Conditions for Cutting Every Tree
There are reasons to clearcut a stand of trees. Find out why...
About Finding Public Forestry Assistance
Finding dollars to assist you in your silvicultural activities. From your About Forestry Guide.
Identifying and Managing Golden Rain-tree
Identifying and Managing Golden Rain-tree or Koelreuteria paniculata
Estimating a Tree's Age
There are ways to estimate a tree's age without cutting it or taking a core sample. Noninvasive measurements of any tree can get you an acceptable age estimate for forest-grown trees.