Final Review Flashcards
What tern refers to soil related damage either through compaction, tire rutting, or erosion during harvest?
Site Damage
Which harvesting method is ideal for planter mobility when regenerating the site?
Full Tree
On forest harvesting operations, sorting is best done where?
At the stump
What process does the harvester processor?
Load a truck
What is the downfall of using a self loading truck?
Truck can’t take as big of a load of wood
What is an advantage of a grapple skidder?
Don’t have to leave the vehicle when loading
What are the 3 types of skidders?
-grapple
-clam bunk
-line
What is a slope that goes uphill when brining load to a processing site?
Adverse
What is the maximum % slope you will encounter without a sign warning?
6%
What does tenure mean?
Ownership pattern or arrangement
Which harvesting method requires a minimal amount of roadside landing?
Cut To Length
What is Afforestation?
Planting trees on an area where there hasn’t been a crop for at least 50 years
What is a seeds place of origin?
Provenance
What must a tree be to be considered tree length wood?
-felled
-bunched
-topped
What piece of equipment is not needed if you have a feller buncher?
Porter forwarder
What is Reforestation?
Establishing a forest crop within 5 years
Which truck / trailer displaces the most eight?
Super “B” Train
What piece of harvesting equipment is fastest for wood forwarding?
Skidder
What is Site Occupancy?
The amount of land taken up by roads and landings during harvest
What are small cables that attach to the main line of a skidder that are meant to be wrapped around individual logs called?
Chockers
What is the maximum % slope a train can sustain?
2%
What 2 pieces of forestry equipment are designed to buck wood?
Slasher and Harvester processor
What is Regeneration?
When the desirable species grows back on a site?
What is the part of the tree that is free from branches?
Bole
What are the biggest advantage of tracked vehicles?
Little soil impact
What piece of forestry equipment can harvest wood from the farthest distance?
Line Skidder
What is vegetation?
When a non desirable species grows on a harvest site
What species is currently worth the most money on a m3 basis in Saskatchewan?
White Birch
What is Stumpage?
Money paid for the rights to harvest and keep wood off of someone else’s land
What is deforestaion?
To take an area put of forest production
What is a slasher?
A mechanical device used at roadside for bucking trees to uniform size
What is the term for Saskatchewan royalty rates that go towards regeneration costs?
Fees
The Cut To Length takes up how much road side landing space?
Minimal
what specie bring the most money to Saskatchewan?
White Spruce
What are two ways why planation wood cheaper to harvest
-Roads are already established
-Will not have to deal with undesirables such as vegetation
What are 3 advantages of using wood?
-Renewable
-Require little energy
-Less detrimental impacts on the environment
what is the number one use for wood on the planet?
Fuelwood
What is the greatest % of land that roads, landings and ski trails can take up in a harvest area?
16%
Are porters and feller bunchers designed to be used together?
No
What is an Unproductive Forest Site?
When the site cannot produce a commercial volume within a reasonable amount of time
What is the most economical way of harvesting trees with a low volume or value?
Clearcut
How many gymnosperm tree species are in Canada’s forest?
31
What is the most shade tolerant tree species in Saskatchewan?
Balsam Fir
What forest region is tyfified by Red Spruce?
Acadian
What is the natural seeding distance of trees?
2H
Do most angiosperm species shut down before or after conifers?
After
What forest region is Canada’s most southern point located in?
Deciduous
what is the term for plant species with male and female trees?
Dioecious
What tree has the strongest and longest fibers?
Black Spruce
How old are Canada’s forests?
10,000 years
Which conifer species is typical of the easter Boreal forest?
Balsam Fir
Which conifer species is typical of the central Boreal forest?
Jack Pine
Which conifer species is typical of the western Boreal forest?
Lodgepole Pine
Which crown shape would be the next to die off?
Suppressed
What carries photosynthesis products up the tree?
Xylem
What tree species grows all across Canada?
Black Spruce
What is the term for cone bearing?
Conifer
What is a shade intolerant tree?
A tree that needs full sunlight and cannot live in the shade
What is deliquescent?
When a central tree stem is divided in their lower portion due to branching
What is it called when buds break in the spring?
Flushing
Which forest region is richest in hardwood components?
Deciduous
The previous growth of these may indicate site capability
Leaders
Which forest region chases up river valleys?
Columbian
What is a large seeded tree located in Ontario?
Walnut
What species is not a true Fir?
Douglas Fir
What tree is not large seeded and found in the Deciduous forest region?
Oak
What are the 2 components of Silva Culture?
-Stand Establishment
-Stand Tending
What 2 features are required to interpret a site index curve?
Age and Height
What crown shape will produce in the next little while?
Free To Grow
Why does Saskatchewan have a limited variety of tree species growing?
Our winter temperatures limit species
What method of asexual reproduction is typical of Black Spruce in a poor site?
Layering
What is the term for a tree that takes up more than it’s economic existence?
Wold Tree
What is girdling?
When you make an incision around the tree with the hopes of killing it
