Special Forest Products Definitions
ProductDefinitions and ExamplesChristmas TreesVariety of conifer species.Special Wood Product - Non ConvertibleSpecial Wood Products that do not fix an existing category.Bee TreesTrees with wild bees.Transplants (Wildlings)Young wild or natural seedling use in landscaping.Limbs and BoughsThe limbs and boughs of trees used in making decorations.FoliageThe foliage of a variety of shrubs used in…
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Forest Products - Special Forest Products Reports and Information
Chicken of the Woods at Forest Lodge on Great Divide District on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin. (Forest Service photo)
Special Forest Products are products or natural resources that are not the traditional timber and fiber products. Another name for special forest…
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Where reforestation begins: A first look at the Savannah River Site’s future forest
Forest Service employees inspect loblolly pine seedlings at Pacific Regeneration Technologies, Inc. in Windsor, South Carolina. (Forest Service photo by Nicholas Pardi)
On a humid Carolina morning, Forest Service staff from the Savannah River Site Forest walked the rows of seedling beds at Pacific…
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Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) Self-Paced Training
This collection of self-paced training videos follows the curriculum of our National Training Guide (09/30/2021, PDF, 2.7 MB). This guide is available in the “…/Training Guides” subfolder in the location where you installed the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) Software on your computer. If you are new to the FVS, we suggest viewing the first several modules in order. If you are familiar with the…
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Active Forest Management
Longleaf pine grows on the Palustris Experimental Forest, part of the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana. Early research on the forest included cone and seed studies that would become the basis for reforestation success throughout the South. (Forest Service photo by Preston Keres)
Growing healthy forests through action…
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Timber Cruising
Cruising is the process of measuring forest stands to determine stand characteristics, such as average tree sizes, volume, and quality. The primary purpose of cruising is to obtain a volume estimation to appraise and prepare timber sales. We provide technical expertise in statistical sampling, measurement protocols, and volume estimation procedures. We provide cruising software, documents,…