Silviculture
Course Number:
NR 270
Course Credits:
5.00
Course Description:
Silviculture is a fundamental course in the field of forestry. This course covers key issues of methods of regeneration, site preparation, planting practices, animal damage control, intermediate treatments, nursery practices, seed orchards, pesticide use, application, and safety, prescribed burning, precommercial and commercial thinning and harvest treatments. Guided practices will emphasize silvics of regionally important trees with selected activities centered on the school forest. Vocational program course. May be used as an elective in the AA degree.
Course Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: Successful completion of NR 101 and NR 260 with a 2.0 GPA or better; or instructor permission.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Describe the role of silviculture in forest management.
- Identify characteristics of forest site and its influence on tree growth.
- Explain how silvicultural strategies for regeneration effect the ecophysiological growth in trees.
- Evaluate the growth of stands based on standard density indices.
- Formulate methods to assess stand density and potential treatments.
- Explain the role of fire and pesticide use in the culturing of tree stands.
- Describe methods of tree regeneration, intermediate treatments and classical reproduction treatments.