What is a Forest.ppt

What is a Forest FOREST DISTRIBUTION FOREST HISTORY EARLY LOGGING LAND CLEARING PRESETTLEMENT FOREST COVER CURRENT FOREST COVER U.P. FOREST ANDLAND COVER CLASS-1993 U.P. TIMBERLAND BY FOREST TYPE-1993 U.P. TIMBERLANDBY OWNERSHIP-1993 VOLUME BY SPECIES GROUP 1980 1993 GROWTH, HARVEST, AND MORTALITY 1980-1993 harvest Growth Grow Stock 10 MOST COMMON TREES IN THE U.P.-1993 FOREST TYPE DISTRIBUTIONWESTERN EASTERN U.P. WHY ARE PRIVATE FOREST HOLDINGS SO IMPORTANT? COMMUNITY REASONS WOOD CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED STATES REDUCED TIMBERLAND BASE OUR COLLECTIVE ECONOMY FORESTS AS A LIFESTYLE CHOICE AND QUALITY ENVIRONMENT TIMBERLAND ACREAGE - U.P. OWNER OCCUPATION PNIF OWNERSHIPIN MICHIGAN REASONS TO OWN FOREST LAND FOREST TENUREUPPER LOWER PENINSULA AVERAGE SIZEOF OWNERSHIP TO HARVEST … OR NOT? RapidRiverSchools RapidRiverSchools WHAT IS A FOREST? Only trees? A community? An ecosystem? Includes animals? Fish? Streams lakes? Houses? How big of an area? Regeneration areas? Plantations? Christmas tree farm? Ecological processes like nutrient or energy cycling? “That portion of a geographically large area dominated by trees. As an ecosystem, it is meant to include all plants and sometimes the animals dependent upon the trees and plants. Smaller area of largely homogenous tree compositions are called stands”. ANOTHER DEFINITION Forest - An ecosystem characterized by a more or less dense and extensive tree cover, often consisting of stands varying in characteristics such as species composition, structure, age class, and associated processes, and commonly including meadows, streams, fish, and wildlife. - Note: forest include special kinds such as industrial forests, non-industrial private forests, plantations, public forests, protection forests, and urban forests, as well as parks and wilderness. -Society of American Foresters FOREST DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES Data compiled by: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Fo