NRES 250 Exam 3/ NRES 250: Exam #3 With complete
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Where should prune a tree branch - Ans From the top of the branch bark ridge to the branch
collar This minimize would size. Avoid flush cut, avoid tears/undercut/trunk damage.
what is tree diversity and how can diversity be qualified - Ans Tree Diversity: Mul'ple different
species of trees in one area. Increases odds of resiliency to a point
1. <= 5 to 10% species
2.<= 10 to 20% genera
3. <= 15 to 30% Family
When selec'ng a tree how is cold tolerance used - Ans Plant hardiness based on mean annual
minimum temperature that a plant can survive in (average lowest temperature each year over
30 years)
What are two effects of inadequate soil volume and tree growth and longevity - Ans Smaller
width and height of trees
what are some example benefits of the urban forest - Ans Shade, Aesthe'cs, Water
intercep'on, Energy conserva'on, Reduc'on in violence, Reduced stress, Retail commerce and
Forest products
what four variables are used to account for the compensatory vale of a landscape - Ans 1. Size
2. Condi'on
3. Loca'on
4. Species
,Is the UWSP urban first providing more benefits than costs associated with managing thus tree
popula'on - Ans More benefits
Where should the structural roots be at plan'ng - Ans With in 1 to 3 inches of soil surface
(measured 3-4 inches from the trunk)
Know important parts of a first health lifecycle to exploit
a. Insect part
b. Disease part
c. Tree biology part - Ans 1.
- Beetles lay eggs under bark of logs
- Beetle galleries then created under the bark
- Beetles go in tunnel with fungus
- Then emerge out carrying the fungus scorers and fry to health trees
2.
- Grows on outside of bark spores
entrys:
Elm bark beetles (90%)
-graAed roots (10%)
3. Beetles emerges with fungus and feels to next host and feed on twigs and despots spores
What is a symptom and sign - Ans Symptom: is the plant expression to the problem
Sign: Is the actual agent (insect, fungus, the thing that causes the plant disorder)
,Know a symptom from Dutch elm disease (DED) and oak wilt (OW) - Ans DED: canopy leaf
flagging, leaf yellowing to browning
OW: canopy leaf loss and outer leaf tanning and inner leaf oAen green
Primary transmission rates for DED,OE and emerald ash borer (EAB) - Ans DED: 90% insect and
10% root graA
OW: 10% insect and 90% root graA
EAB: 100% insect and 0%root graA
Know what sanita'on is and how sanita'on reduces tree mortality - Ans Sanita'on: Removal of
trees that have been injured/killed.
Reduces tree mortality: To prevent spread of seas or insects (cost a lot of money)
What is the Wisconsin Managed Forest Law
a. What lands are enrolled
b. Is it voluntary
c. Is a management plan required - Ans Encourage sustainable forestry
a. privat lands
b. Yes
c. Yes must follow the plan
Do forest occur on both private and public landscapes
a. What land type (public/private) had the most land ownership by area
b. With public lands, which landowner has the greatest area of forest land - Ans a. Private
b. Federal
, What landowner types own private land
a. What is the REIT ad what purpose does it serve
b. What is TIMO and what purpose does it serve
c. Who are industrial landowners and is their landownership increasing or decreasing in size -
Ans a. Real estate investment trust
purpose: tax designa'on
b. Timber investment Management Organiza'ons
purpose: investors
c. Timber companies who own their own land
landownership: increasing?
What is a BMP and what are some examples - Ans Best Management Prac'ces
Examples: water, visual aesthe'cs, soil, development in wooded areas and wildlife habitat
Using the standing 'mber (board feet) as an indicator, has the Menominee Tribal Enterprises
sustainably managed their forest lands - Ans Excellence in the sustainable management of the
forest and manufacturing of the lumber and forest products (1.2 billon board feet in 1854, 1.6
billion billion board feet in 200)
What happed with the Pacific Lumber Company
a. How did the hos'le takeover by Maxxam corpora'on end up as a story
b. Was the PALCO sustainable managing redwood trees before Maxxam - Ans 1985 Hos'le
takeover (Maxxam)
a. replaced sustained prac'ces with clearcuIng and 2007 filed bankruptcy
b. Yes
what is sustained yield - Ans Deals with management intensity that provides for perpetual
products of outputs
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Where should prune a tree branch - Ans From the top of the branch bark ridge to the branch
collar This minimize would size. Avoid flush cut, avoid tears/undercut/trunk damage.
what is tree diversity and how can diversity be qualified - Ans Tree Diversity: Mul'ple different
species of trees in one area. Increases odds of resiliency to a point
1. <= 5 to 10% species
2.<= 10 to 20% genera
3. <= 15 to 30% Family
When selec'ng a tree how is cold tolerance used - Ans Plant hardiness based on mean annual
minimum temperature that a plant can survive in (average lowest temperature each year over
30 years)
What are two effects of inadequate soil volume and tree growth and longevity - Ans Smaller
width and height of trees
what are some example benefits of the urban forest - Ans Shade, Aesthe'cs, Water
intercep'on, Energy conserva'on, Reduc'on in violence, Reduced stress, Retail commerce and
Forest products
what four variables are used to account for the compensatory vale of a landscape - Ans 1. Size
2. Condi'on
3. Loca'on
4. Species
,Is the UWSP urban first providing more benefits than costs associated with managing thus tree
popula'on - Ans More benefits
Where should the structural roots be at plan'ng - Ans With in 1 to 3 inches of soil surface
(measured 3-4 inches from the trunk)
Know important parts of a first health lifecycle to exploit
a. Insect part
b. Disease part
c. Tree biology part - Ans 1.
- Beetles lay eggs under bark of logs
- Beetle galleries then created under the bark
- Beetles go in tunnel with fungus
- Then emerge out carrying the fungus scorers and fry to health trees
2.
- Grows on outside of bark spores
entrys:
Elm bark beetles (90%)
-graAed roots (10%)
3. Beetles emerges with fungus and feels to next host and feed on twigs and despots spores
What is a symptom and sign - Ans Symptom: is the plant expression to the problem
Sign: Is the actual agent (insect, fungus, the thing that causes the plant disorder)
,Know a symptom from Dutch elm disease (DED) and oak wilt (OW) - Ans DED: canopy leaf
flagging, leaf yellowing to browning
OW: canopy leaf loss and outer leaf tanning and inner leaf oAen green
Primary transmission rates for DED,OE and emerald ash borer (EAB) - Ans DED: 90% insect and
10% root graA
OW: 10% insect and 90% root graA
EAB: 100% insect and 0%root graA
Know what sanita'on is and how sanita'on reduces tree mortality - Ans Sanita'on: Removal of
trees that have been injured/killed.
Reduces tree mortality: To prevent spread of seas or insects (cost a lot of money)
What is the Wisconsin Managed Forest Law
a. What lands are enrolled
b. Is it voluntary
c. Is a management plan required - Ans Encourage sustainable forestry
a. privat lands
b. Yes
c. Yes must follow the plan
Do forest occur on both private and public landscapes
a. What land type (public/private) had the most land ownership by area
b. With public lands, which landowner has the greatest area of forest land - Ans a. Private
b. Federal
, What landowner types own private land
a. What is the REIT ad what purpose does it serve
b. What is TIMO and what purpose does it serve
c. Who are industrial landowners and is their landownership increasing or decreasing in size -
Ans a. Real estate investment trust
purpose: tax designa'on
b. Timber investment Management Organiza'ons
purpose: investors
c. Timber companies who own their own land
landownership: increasing?
What is a BMP and what are some examples - Ans Best Management Prac'ces
Examples: water, visual aesthe'cs, soil, development in wooded areas and wildlife habitat
Using the standing 'mber (board feet) as an indicator, has the Menominee Tribal Enterprises
sustainably managed their forest lands - Ans Excellence in the sustainable management of the
forest and manufacturing of the lumber and forest products (1.2 billon board feet in 1854, 1.6
billion billion board feet in 200)
What happed with the Pacific Lumber Company
a. How did the hos'le takeover by Maxxam corpora'on end up as a story
b. Was the PALCO sustainable managing redwood trees before Maxxam - Ans 1985 Hos'le
takeover (Maxxam)
a. replaced sustained prac'ces with clearcuIng and 2007 filed bankruptcy
b. Yes
what is sustained yield - Ans Deals with management intensity that provides for perpetual
products of outputs
