Across
- 1. A distance of 66 feet.
- 4. Wood cells produced at the beginning of a tree’s growing season that are generally light in color. Also called springwood.
- 5. Wood used in the manufacture of paper, fiberboard or other wood fiber products.
- 7. Wood of large enough size to be used to produce lumber for construction and furniture.
- 10. A hollow auger-like tool with a screw bit used to remove core samples from trees.
- 11. A group of sticky liquid substances secreted by plants that appear on the plant’s external surface after a wound.
- 12. A buildup of easily ignited leaves, pine straw, branches and trees on the forest floor.
Down
- 2. Any device used for measuring tree height.
- 3. Any device used for measuring tree height.
- 6. A relative measure of forest site quality based on the height (in feet) of the dominant trees at a specific age (usually 25 or 50 years, depending on rotation length). Site index information helps estimate future returns and land productivity for timber and wildlife.
- 8. The number of years required to establish and grow trees to a specified size, product or condition of maturity. A pine rotation may range from as short as 20 years for pulpwood to more than 60 years for sawtimber.
- 9. A survey or inventory of forestland to locate timber and estimate its quantity by species, products, size, quality or other characteristics.