Module 1: Introduction to Silviculture

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Lesson 1 - Introduction to Silviculture

• Importance of our forests and the forest Industry
• The forest of the past
• The forests of today
• The future forest

Lesson 2 - Softwood Tree Identification and Silvics

• Silvics of Red Spruce, White Spruce, Black Spruce, Balsam Fir, White Pine, Red Pine, Jack Pine, Eastern Hemlock , Tamarack

Lesson 3 - Hardwood Tree Identification and Silvics

• Silvics of Sugar Maple, Red Maple, Yellow Birch, White Birch, Grey Birch, White Ash, Red Oak, Beech, Trembling Aspen, Largetooth Aspen, Pin Cherry 

Lesson 4 - Stand Growth and Development

• Stages of Stand Development

Further Reading 

Glossary 

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