The success and failures of silviculture treatments are preordained by stand establishment. When reestablishing stands, you have to keep in mind the regulation of all vegetation, and animals and not just the trees. True forest only grow where the climate is more conducive than average to the development of land vegetation. New vegetation usually only appears after a disturbance has eliminated all or some of the preexisting plants. If someone wants to create a specific kind of forest, it is best to consider the natural disturbance that are in the area. No species is adapted to all natural disturbances, so it is important to know what grows after a specific kind of disturbance. You should also consider that looking at small stands of similar
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Early mortality of seedlings are so large, and disturbances are so uneven, that it takes more seedlings than the specific number you are actually trying to achieve. For example, if you wanted 430 trees per acre, you may need to plant 500 seedlings to achieve that in the future. You may have to plant a lot extra to reach a goal, or not very many, depending how favorable site conditions are. Water loss will influence the seedling success also. Evaporation can cause water loss in areas that have high surfaces temperatures. Shade and mulching can slow down evaporation, but will not add any new …show more content…
Different plants reproduce differently; monoecious plants have both sexes on the same plant but different flowers, while dioecious plants flowers with only one functional sex. A perfect plant has both sexes on the same flower. This means that it might be easier for perfect species to regenerate over monocots or dicot species. Another part of natural regeneration is the seed supply and seed dispersal. For a unit to be reliable for natural regeneration it has to have quality seed supply. The higher quality of soil and more favorable climate conditions will generally lead to higher amounts of seeds. Silviculturist should also consider how these seeds would be spread, if bats or birds are the many dispersal method, you want to make sure that there is habitat for these
Early mortality of seedlings are so large, and disturbances are so uneven, that it takes more seedlings than the specific number you are actually trying to achieve. For example, if you wanted 430 trees per acre, you may need to plant 500 seedlings to achieve that in the future. You may have to plant a lot extra to reach a goal, or not very many, depending how favorable site conditions are. Water loss will influence the seedling success also. Evaporation can cause water loss in areas that have high surfaces temperatures. Shade and mulching can slow down evaporation, but will not add any new …show more content…
Different plants reproduce differently; monoecious plants have both sexes on the same plant but different flowers, while dioecious plants flowers with only one functional sex. A perfect plant has both sexes on the same flower. This means that it might be easier for perfect species to regenerate over monocots or dicot species. Another part of natural regeneration is the seed supply and seed dispersal. For a unit to be reliable for natural regeneration it has to have quality seed supply. The higher quality of soil and more favorable climate conditions will generally lead to higher amounts of seeds. Silviculturist should also consider how these seeds would be spread, if bats or birds are the many dispersal method, you want to make sure that there is habitat for these