Author: Ishani Mishra

Nursery Production of Hardwood Seedlings

FNR-212: The success of a hardwood restoration project starts with seedlings. This publication discusses the types of nursery operations, procurement and processing of seeds, sowing seeds and culturing seedlings. Keywords: trees, hardwood plantations, Central Hardwood Region, nurseries, bare-root, containerized read...
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Designing Hardwood Tree Plantings for Wildlife

FNR-213-W: This publication focuses on planting hardwood trees that are valuable to wildlife. The publication covers the variety, size and location of trees and shrubs to plant. Also included is a chart with selected tree and shrub species that are...
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Financial and Tax Aspects of Tree Planting

FNR-214-W: This publication helps hardwood producers understand the tax and financial advantages (and disadvantages) related to their planting operations. Keywords: hardwood seedlings, investment, timber, wood products view publication
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Fertilizing, Pruning, and Thinning Hardwood Plantations

FNR-215: This publication helps hardwood tree producers understand the tax and financial advantages (and disadvantages) related to their planting operations. Keywords: fertilization, woodlands, trees, timber view publication
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Diagnosing and Controlling Wildlife Damage

FNR-216: Once trees are planted and begin growing, damage from wildlife can threaten their quality. In this 8-page publication (PDF) we discuss how to identify and minimize loss and manage injury caused by wildlife to hardwoods. The publication describes the...
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Environmental and Management Injury in Hardwood Tree Plantations

FNR-217: Herbicides applied for weed control can damage and even kill hardwood trees. This publication discusses recovery of loss from herbicide injury, soil compaction, frost damage, frost cracks, dieback, sunscald, ice, salt, flood, lightning, wind pruning injury, tractor blight, tree-fall...
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Native Hardwood Trees of the Central Hardwood Region

FNR-218: Native Hardwood Trees of the Central Hardwood Region is 15 page table listing all of the family, scientific, common names of all of the native hardwoods in the Central Hardwood Region. It contains habitat and native range information necessary...
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Importance of Hardwood Tree Planting

FNR-219: The Importance of Hardwood Tree Plantings publication provides a brief overview of several key societal and environmental attributes that hardwood plantations provide, for example, timber production, wildlife habitat, forest restoration, watershed protection, and conservation and aesthetics. Keywords: landowners, hardwood...
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Site Preparation for Tree Planting in Agricultural Fields and Hardwood Forests

FNR-220: Site preparation is used to create favorable growing conditions for hardwood seeds and seedlings, and to facilitate tree planting operations. This publication provides information on site conditions that require site preparation in addition to the different site preparation methods....
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Diseases in Hardwood Tree Plantings

FNR-221: This publication provides the landowners with an overview of some of the disease problems (or potential problems) associated with growing hardwood tree species in the Central Hardwood Region. Keywords: wildlife habitat, timber production, woodland restoration, watershed protection, fungal and...
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