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- Natural Regeneration Using Seed Trees
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Seed-tree regeneration presents an excellent opportunity for most of the forestland owners in Mississippi who want to grow pine or other light-seeded species, but regeneration is not free and landowners should not try to use this method if they currently do not have a good quality stand of trees.
- Black-spored Quillwort (Isoetes melanospora)
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Added: October 20, 2008Aquatic plant 3-8 centimeters (1.2-3.2in) tall that reproduces by spores. Has five to 10 pointed, stiff and needle-like leaves, about 5-7 centimeters (2-2.8 in) long and 1 millimeter (0.04 in) wide. Leaves have light green tops that yellow toward the base...
- Managing Trees and Turfgrasses
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Trees and turfgrasses commonly share the same landscape. Both require space, light, water, air, essential nutrients, and the appropriate temperature for growth, but there is often a stuggle to maintian quality turf under healthy trees.
- Be Firewise After the Storm
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Brochure warning against and aimed at preventing fire danger after a hurricane
- Trees for Poorly Drained Soils in the Landscape
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This publication discusses the causes of poor soil drainage,ways of testing and repairing your individual soil, and provides a table of trees that are best able to tolerate poorly drained sites.
- Natural Cities: Urban Ecology and the Restoration of Urban Ecosystems
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Added: November 05, 2008The scientific community now embraces the emerging field of urban ecology as both valid and central to understanding the global environment. Given the concentration of human activity in urban centers, that humans are the dominant species in all ecosystems, and the pace of environmental change, urban ecology is a critical area for environmental research. Understanding urban natural resources and urban natural systems also has important implications for public health, economic development, education and community development in urban areas.
- Protecting Trees During Construction
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The decision to protect and preserve trees on a construction site is an important one. Many sites are chosen for residential or business use simply because the site contains a beautiful shade tree or offers a wooded environment. Often the very trees which are highly valued for their contribution to the aesthetic appeal of a site are inadequately protected or cared for during construction
- Pounce on Weevils to Protect Pine Seedlings
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A new pyrethroid insecticide known as Pounce has been registered in the State of Texas to protect newly-planted pine seedlings from damage or loss to regeneration weevils. The insecticide is applied to seedlings in the nursery just prior to lifting.
- A Landowner's Guide to Building Foesty Access Roads
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Added: July 26, 2002Roads provide needed access to small woodlots; however, high costs, land disturbance, degradation of water quality, and destruction of fish habitat can all result from poor development, construction, and maintenance of forest roads. This guide was developed to give private owners of small woodlots the basic information needed to avoid these problems and protect valued natural resources.
- Marketing and Selling Your Timber
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Your forest may be more valuable than you know. This publication outlines points to consider when marketing/selling your timber.
- Ecological Renovation in Communities: Conceptual Underpinnings
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The places where we live remain connected to natural life support processes. With land development, safety, and cultural issues, these lifelines become more strained. As we cleanse and sterilize our environment, the connections with other life, and associ...
- Coloring Christmas Trees Before Harvest
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For some species, such as Fraser fir, the deep green color can be maintained by adequate levels of soil fertility. The application of nitrogen fertilizers on a regular basis is sufficient to maintain healthy trees with the desired color. Many species, however, are not so responsive to fertilizers, and for these, the most common way to maintain the desired color is to spray them with a colorant.
- Tree Protection from Construction Damage
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Trees can be damaged or killed by a wide variety of construction activities. It's not always easy to save trees, but your efforts will help. This document describes measures to minimize construction impact.
- Planting
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Educational materials containing planting information
- National Fire Plan
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Welcome to the National Fire Plan website--a cooperative, long-term effort of the USDA Forest Service, Department of the Interior, and the National Association of State Foresters. As you visit this site, you will see how the federal government and state partners are managing impacts of wildland fire to our Nation's communities.
- Mulching for a Healthy Landscape
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For as long as trees have grown in forests, leaves and needles have fallen to the ground and formed a natural protective layer over the soil. This same protection can be given to the plants in our landscapes by mulching.
- Fine Tuning Equalizing and Conditioning
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If lumber is not properly equalized and conditioned during drying, problems will surface during further manufacturing and end use. These problems range from bad glue joints, to stair stepping1 in panels, to twist, cup and warp of finished panels, to splitting of panels.
- Aquatic Identification and Control: Spatterdock and Yellow Water Lily BROKEN
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This publication provides information on controlling spatterdock and yellow water lily.
- Root Growth Requirements and Limitations
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Added: October 31, 2008Minimizing tree root growth impacts on infrastructures requires an appreciation of how roots function and generate force. To control root growth, identification of growth limiting attributes of the soil environment is necessary. Tree-literate management will control growth, protect infrastructure from root-caused problems, and protect the values and quality of trees.
- Southern Weed Science Society
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The Society is established to bring together those persons from any state, area, institution or agency, who are directly interested in weed control within the Society area through research, education, regulation, manufacturing or merchandising.
- Safe Home Use of Firewood
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Firewood is derived from many tree species, each with its own special characteristics. Firewood comes in many different shapes and sizes, and the convenience and safety of burning varies widely.
- Planning a Waste Pesticide Disposal Program
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From 1994 to 1998, the Mississippi Waste Pesticide Disposal Program helped farmers and other property owners dispose of more than 650,000 pounds of waste pesticides. This publication is designed as a learning tool to help others plan similar programs.
- Hairy Rattleweed (Baptisia arachnifera)
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Perennial, multi-branched about 50-80 centimeters (20-32 in) tall. Reddish-brown stem is covered by dense silvery-white hairs. Leathery leaves are nearly round or heart-shaped, alternate, 3-8 centimeters (1.2-3.2 in) long.
- Preserving Trees Affected By Development
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Mature trees provide many benefits to development sites. They enhance the aesthetic character of the area, give scale to the new buildings, provide shade, give a look of maturity to the landscape, and provide habitat for wildlife. it may be possible to retain trees with minimum forethought. However, preserving specimens that will survive and perform well in the new environment requires thorough planning, careful implementation, and adequate maintenance.
- Center for Biodiversity and Conservation
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Forest fragmentation from urban sprawl is a site-level phenomenon; however, it affects conservation of biodiversity at landscape and regional scales. Impediments to conservation occur when crossing jurisdictional and agency (local, state, and federal) boundaries.
- Tree Planting Area Size: Futuring Resource Availability and Constraints
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Added: November 05, 2008The success of tree plantings in communities and yards is dependent upon many features of species, site, and planting procedure. One component of site which directly affects new tree success, continued low maintenance growth, and relatively long life span is the open soil surface area and volume of soil colonized by roots. Selecting new planting sites for the availability of adequate resources, now and into the future, as trees expand their resources will maximize the chances of producing a great, long-lived tree.
- There's Life in Hazard Trees
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The objective of this information guide is to provide considerations regarding wildlife when making decisions during hazard tree assessments. The decision-making model provided with this guide can be used as a tool during tree inspections.
- Shaping Roads and Trails
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Water running down forest roads and trails can erode surfaces, moving soil and other pollutants into nearby lakes, wetlands, and streams. One way to prevent this is to shape road surfaces so water runs off of them into nearby vegetation, rather than pooling or flowing along the surface. This publication discusses options for road shaping.
- How Forest Trees Grow
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Knowing how forest trees grow can help woodland owners predict yeilds. Being able to understand the growing cycles of different trees will also help the owner decide when and how to plant, thin and prune trees to increase wood production.
- Woodscaping Your Woodland
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Added: September 01, 2008The woodscaping web page has three main areas, 1) publication AG-584 in PDF file format for downloading, 2) slide presentations and 3) video clips. Slide presentation topics include backyard wildlife, managing small woodlots, developing a management plan, selecting a wooded home site, obtaining forestry assistance, tree growth, and tree health. Video topics include prescribed burning, small equipment, herbicides, pruning, and streamside management zones.
