Author: Clinic of WoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The Hoopa Valley Reservation Hardwood Study
Author: Clinic of WoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet
Author: General Technical Report PSW.
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Vegetation and Ecological Characteristics of Mixed-conifer and Red Fir Forests at the Teakettle Experimental Forest
Author: Economic Development
Author: Proceedings of the Symposium on Multiple-Use Management of California's Hardwood Resources
Author: The Woody Plant Seed Manual, Agriculture Handbook 727, July 2008
Author: The Woody Plant Seed Manual
Author: United States. Forest ServicePublisher: Forest Service
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 1240
Book Description
Common Shrubs of Chaparral and Associated Ecosystems of Southern California
Author: C. Eugene ConradPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chaparral ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
The Tanoak Tree
Author: Frederica BowcuttPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295805935
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Tanoak (Notholithocarpus densiflorus) is a resilient and common hardwood tree native to California and southwestern Oregon. People’s radically different perceptions of it have ranged from treasured food plant to cash crop to trash tree. Having studied the patterns of tanoak use and abuse for nearly twenty years, botanist Frederica Bowcutt uncovers a complex history of cultural, sociopolitical, and economic factors affecting the tree’s fate. Still valued by indigenous communities for its nutritious acorn nut, the tree has also been a source of raw resources for a variety of industries since white settlement of western North America. Despite ongoing protests, tanoaks are now commonly killed with herbicides in industrial forests in favor of more commercially valuable coast redwood and Douglas-fir. As one nontoxic alternative, many foresters and communities promote locally controlled, third-party certified sustainable hardwood production using tanoak, which doesn’t depend on clearcutting and herbicide use. Today tanoaks are experiencing massive die-offs due to sudden oak death, an introduced disease. Bowcutt examines the complex set of factors that set the stage for the tree’s current ecological crisis. The end of the book focuses on hopeful changes including reintroduction of low-intensity burning to reduce conifer competition for tanoaks, emerging disease resistance in some trees, and new partnerships among tanoak defenders, including botanists, foresters, Native Americans, and plant pathologists. Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzY7QxOiI8I