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- 4. removal of some trees from a stand to give others more room and resources to grow.
- 7. evergreen trees with needlelike leaves and cones.
- 10. small, privately owned forest.
- 11. construction material made from thin layers of wood glued together.
- 12. the action of cutting down a tree.
- 13. A part of the saw that gets rotated by a sprocket, is held in place by the guidebar and cuts the tree.
- 14. all the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.
- 16. cutting trees and delivering them to sawmills, pulp mills and other wood-processing plants.
- 17. an ecosystem or assemblage of ecosystems dominated by trees and other woody vegetation.
- 18. a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life.
- 21. a part of a chainsaw that may cause it not to work if its broken. Sits in a rubber boot type part.
- 23. a forestry vehicle that carries big felled logs from the stump to a roadside landing, but unlike the skidder it caries the logs clear of the ground.
- 25. a person in charge of a forest or skilled in planting, managing, or caring for trees.
- 27. wood prepared for use in building and carpentry.
- 29. the natural environment of an organism, the type of place in which it is natural for it to live and grow.
- 34. inactive core of a tree trunk or limb.
- 35. a way to power the chainsaw, which is more optional for indoor use or near the electricity outlits.
- 37. a place where trees are propagated and grown to a desired age.
- 38. a factory in which logs are sawn into planks or boards by machine.
- 39. An aggregation of trees or other growth occupying a specific area and sufficiently uniform in species composition, size, age, arrangement, and condition as to be distinguished from the forest or other growth on adjoining areas.
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- 1. a mechanical power-driven cutting tool with teeth set on a chain which moves around the edge of a blade.
- 2. part of the chainsaw which is responsible for catching the chain if it comes off the guidebar.
- 3. wood's resistance to compression.
- 5. land covered with trees.
- 6. wood used for making fiber for paper and other products.
- 8. an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown.
- 9. a heavy forestry vehicle employed in cut-to-length logging operations for felling, delimbing and bucking trees.
- 15. plants that do not lose their leaves on a yearly basis.
- 17. the science or practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests.
- 19. an area of uniform environmental conditions associated with a particular community of plants and animals.
- 20. total area of the tree or trees where the leaves and outermost branches extend.
- 22. the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat, a high level of which is usually considered to be important and desirable.
- 24. trees that lose leaves every year.
- 26. any type of heavy vehicle used in a logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest.
- 28. the growing and cultivation of trees.
- 30. wood from deciduous trees.
- 31. a forest that has never been forested.
- 32. a young plant, especially one raised from seed and not from a cutting.
- 33. a unit of measurement for lumber that equals 1"x12"x12".
- 36. growth layer in a tree root, trunk or limb.