silviculture
Growing timber systematically
Silviculture is the science and practice of cultivating and managing forests.
It encompasses the growing, tending, and harvesting of trees, with attention to regeneration, spacing, and species selection.
A silviculturist might decide when to thin a stand of timber or how to encourage natural regrowth after logging.
The forestry program emphasized silviculture alongside conservation biology.
The term derives from Latin words for forest and cultivation.
Introducing woods to treeless land
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
- saplingsJuvenile trees
- nurseryRoom for infants
plantation · stand · thinning · clearcutting · silviculturist · understory · overstory · canopy
Seed's initial growth phase
- saplingJuvenile woody plant
- rootingActively cheering someone on
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
propagation · planting · stocking · increment · provenance
Sawn wood for building
- sawmillLog-to-board factory
- loggingRecording system events
- fellingDowning standing timber
- hardwoodDense deciduous timber
softwood · sawlog · woodlot · skidder · bucking · debarking · pulpwood · stumpage
Plants of a region
- faunaAnimal life collectively
- woodlandForested land area
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- taigaSubarctic evergreen biome
boreal · temperate · tropical · coniferous · deciduous · biome · endemic · keystone
Range of life forms
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
protection · wildlife · ecology · old-growth · stewardship · restoration · watershed · riparian
afforestation
Introducing woods to treeless land
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
- saplingsJuvenile trees
nursery · plantation · stand · thinning · clearcutting · silviculturist · understory · overstory · canopy · succession
germination
Seed's initial growth phase
regeneration · propagation · planting · stocking · increment · provenance
lumber
Sawn wood for building
hardwood · softwood · sawlog · woodlot · skidder · bucking · debarking · pulpwood · stumpage · marking
flora
Plants of a region
- faunaAnimal life collectively
- woodlandForested land area
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
taiga · boreal · temperate · tropical · coniferous · deciduous · biome · endemic · keystone · snag
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
endangered · protection · wildlife · ecology · old-growth · stewardship · restoration · watershed · riparian
- botanybotany, plants, plant biology, plant, plant anatomy
- forestryforests, forestry, reforestation, timber, ranger station
- forest conservationsustainable forestry, forest stewardship, forest management, reforestation, forest reserves
- NZ Forestrykauri, pine plantations, sawmill, timber harvest, miro
- Research ForestsBartlett, Wind River, Fraser, Calhoun, Penobscot
- agriculturefarms, crops, farm, farmers, farming
silvicultureagriculture
Cultivation of land, livestock
aquaculture · pastoralism · crop cultivation · animal husbandry · ranching
silviculturedeforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
clear-cutting · slash-and-burn · logging · wilderness preservation · non-intervention
silviculturedeforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
land clearing · desertification · urbanization · slash-and-burn · clearcutting