SILVICULTURE & REFORESTATION Key
QUIZ
Name:..................................................
Date:...............................................
1. Define a silviculture system
a process of tending, harvesting and replacing a stand of trees, to produce timber and other forest products
2. Match the following:
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a) Selection logging
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(B) the removal of all trees over an area
in a single harvest
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b) Clearcut Logging
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(C) small groups of trees are left to
provide seed for new growth
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c) Seed Tree
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(A) a limited number of trees are
harvested
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d) Shelterwood
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(D) some mature trees are left to
provide for a new forest
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3. List at least 4 things that must be considered before any
harvesting of trees can take place:
forest health, vegetation, soils, terrain, climate, tree species, economics, wildlife, biodiversity, fish, visual, water, range, recreation, other users
4. Write a short paragraph about reforestation in B.C.
(Answers may vary)
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