Forestry

Question 1

What is a stand

Answer 1

A group of similarly-sized trees within a forest

Question 2

What is clearcutting

Answer 2

When most to all the trees in an area are cut down

Question 3

What is a Snag?

Answer 3

A snag is a dead or dying tree

Question 4

What is silviculture

Answer 4

The practice of controlling the growth and composition of forests, specifically for the purposes of timber production

Question 5

What is the distinction between forestry and silviculture?

Answer 5

Silviculture is applied at the stand-level, whereas forestry is broader

Question 6

What is BLM’s phrase for “clearcutting”

Answer 6

Regeneration cutting or Regeneration harvesting

Question 7

Difference between regeneration harvesting and commercial thinning

Answer 7

Regeneration harvesting wipes out entire areas, whereas commercial thinning only cuts down individual patches

Question 8

What does LITA stand for

Answer 8

Low Intensity Timber Areas

Question 9

What is SYU?

Answer 9

Sustained yield unit (SYU) – An administrative unit for which an allowable sale quantity is
calculated; in western Oregon, the six sustained yield units correspond to the Coos Bay, Eugene,
Medford, Roseburg, and Salem Districts, and the western portion of the Klamath Falls Field
Office.

Question 10

Complex early seral forests are also called ___ forests

Answer 10

Snag forests. Snags are trees that are dead or dying but still standing

Question 11

Why can even aged class distribution be good

Answer 11

Timber management in an even-aged forest is considered
to be economically efficient since major operations require
only one entry into a stand. Final harvests involve removing
nearly all trees depending upon the regeneration method
chosen. In an even-aged forest, foresters also have the opportunity to replant genetically improved seedlings which
are more disease resistant, grow faster, and possess better
timber and visual characteristics.

In addition only certain types of shade tolerant trees are able to grow underneath the taller trees in an uneven age

https://forestrychallenge.org/wp-content/uploads/Even-and-Uneven-Aged-Forest-Management.pdf

Question 12

What is a watershed

Answer 12

An area of land that is bound by ridges or hills, and creates a basin in which water drains to a common point such as a river or lake.

Question 13

What does RDI stand for

Answer 13

Relative Density Index - average density within a stand

Question 13

What is a conifer

Answer 13

A tree that bears cones and needle-like leaves. Think, Christmas tree

Question 14

What is forest fuel

Answer 14

Needles, shrubs, downed trees, and logs that line the forest ground. Forest fuel “fuels” fires, so fuel treatments are important to reducing forest fires

Question 15

What is seral?

Answer 15

Seral seems to be synonymous with ecological age. So a mid-seral tree would be a tree that is moderately old.

Question 16

What is the difference between open and closed forests

Answer 16

Closed forests are dense, and the sky is covered

Open forests have trees more scattered about

Question 17

What is roosting?

Answer 17

A place where birds rest.

Question 18

What is nesting

Answer 18

Where birds have their homes and lay eggs

Question 18

What is tatch

Answer 18

Straw and other undecomposed plant material

Question 19

What is chaparral

Answer 19

A dense impenetrable thicket of shrubs and dwarf trees

Question 20

The wayside aster, or Eucephalus Vialis is one examples of a ____ _____ plant, which the agency wants to avoid a trend toward listing under the ESA

Answer 20

Bureau Sensitive plant

Question 21

An Evergreen tree is a tree that _______

Answer 21

Remains green and functional during more than one growing season

Question 22

The opposite of an evergreen tree is a ______, which has this quality _____

Answer 22

Deciduous tree, which completely lose their leaves during the cold season

Question 23

What is a decadent ecosystem?

Answer 23

An ecosystem that is decaying because of a lack of disturbance (like fire, flood, and grazing)