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UNIT 10: FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
Hardwood
wood from deciduous trees.
Pulpwood
wood used for making fiber for paper and other products.
Clear cut
removal of all marketable trees from an area.
Plywood
construction material made of thin layers of wood glued together.
Veneer
thin sheet of wood used in paneling and furniture.
Cambium
growth layer in a tree root, trunk, or limb.
forest
large group of trees and shrubs.
Trees
woody plants that produce a main trunk and have a more or less distinct and
elevated head.
Shrubs
woody perennial plants that normally grow low, produce many stems or shoots from
the base, and do not reach more than 15 ft high.
Lumber
boards cut from trees.
Board foot
a unit of measurement for lumber that equals 1'' x 12'' x 12''.
Forestry
industry that grows, manages, and harvests trees for lumber, poles, posts, panels,
and many other commodities.
Evergreen
plants that do not lose their leaves on a yearly bases.
Conifers
evergreen trees with needlelike leaves.
Softwood
wood from conifers.
Deciduous
plants that lose their leaves every year.
Annual rings
rings in a cross section of a tree root, trunk, or limb representing one year's growth.
Xylem layer
vessels of the vascular bundle that carry the water and nutrients from roots to
leaves.
Sapwood
transports water and minerals upward in tree roots, trunks, and stems.
Phloem
cells that carry manufactureed food to areas of the plant hwere it is stored or used.
Inner bark
phloem; transports food downward in a tree.
Heartwood
inactive core of a tree trunk or limb.
UNIT 10: FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
Hardwood
wood from deciduous trees.
Pulpwood
wood used for making fiber for paper and other products.
Clear cut
removal of all marketable trees from an area.
Plywood
construction material made of thin layers of wood glued together.
Veneer
thin sheet of wood used in paneling and furniture.
Cambium
growth layer in a tree root, trunk, or limb.
forest
large group of trees and shrubs.
Trees
woody plants that produce a main trunk and have a more or less distinct and
elevated head.
Shrubs
woody perennial plants that normally grow low, produce many stems or shoots from
the base, and do not reach more than 15 ft high.
Lumber
boards cut from trees.
Board foot
a unit of measurement for lumber that equals 1'' x 12'' x 12''.
Forestry
industry that grows, manages, and harvests trees for lumber, poles, posts, panels,
and many other commodities.
Evergreen
plants that do not lose their leaves on a yearly bases.
Conifers
evergreen trees with needlelike leaves.
Softwood
wood from conifers.
Deciduous
plants that lose their leaves every year.
Annual rings
rings in a cross section of a tree root, trunk, or limb representing one year's growth.
Xylem layer
vessels of the vascular bundle that carry the water and nutrients from roots to
leaves.
Sapwood
transports water and minerals upward in tree roots, trunks, and stems.
Phloem
cells that carry manufactureed food to areas of the plant hwere it is stored or used.
Inner bark
phloem; transports food downward in a tree.
Heartwood
inactive core of a tree trunk or limb.
