Planting Hardwood Seedlings in the Central Hardwood Region
FNR-210-W: Successful establishment of hardwood plantings requires planning, a commitment of time and resources, proper planting, maintenance, and protection. This publication provides information about seedling care and handling, types of tools used to plant hardwoods, and direct seeding. Keywords: wildlife...
Regenerating Hardwoods in the Central Hardwood Regions: Soils
FNR-211-W: The publication describes how soil conditions affect the success of hardwood tree regeneration by influencing factors like moisture, nutrients, drainage and aeration. It is a resource for landowners and land managers who want to understand how different soil types,...
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...
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...
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
