Conifer pruning is the practice of removing the lower branches from live green conifer trees with a primary objective of improving wood quality when the trees are later harvested. This publication dis ...
This pub provides the Davenport Living Snow Fence demonstration project’s 15-year survival and growth update, empirical data, impacts, and wildlife uses.
Each Christmas tree species requires special skill and specific knowledge to be grown successfully. This publication outlines how trees grow and the culturing practices necessary to develop the size, ...
To meet the ecological needs of a broad range of wildlife species in forest lands, structural diversity is needed—both in individual stands of trees and in the broader landscape.
Vegetation control techniques to improve conifer seedling survival and growth are described and compared for common area-specific forest competitors. Mechanical methods (such as tilling and mowing) ...
A plant’s cold hardiness—its tolerance to freezing temperatures—determines how well a plant can survive winter. This publication discusses the factors that contribute to plant cold hardiness and expla ...
Trees can suffer all kinds of injury, including damage caused by the environment. Frost cracks are one type of environmental injury that appear to occur after very severe cold winter weather. This pub ...
Trees can suffer all kinds of injury, including damage caused by the environment. Two types of environmental injury related to temperature are sunscald and sunburn. This publication outlines the sympt ...
Trees can suffer all kinds of injury, including damage caused by the environment. Winter burn is one type of environmental injury that occurs on evergreen trees and shrubs when adequate moisture is un ...