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Native ash species, including white ash (pictured), have been declining rapidly this century due to predation by the emerald ash borer. [1]Silvics of North America (1991), [2] [3] a forest inventory compiled and published by the United States Forest Service, includes many hardwood trees.
Gross Income, Net Profits, Production, and price index in the Lumber Industry 1920 -1934 [57] Year Gross Income (In Millions Dollar) Net Profit (In Millions Dollar) Production (In Board feet) (In Millions) Wholesale Price Index (1926=100) 1920 3,312 N/A 35,000 N/A 1922 2,402 167 35,250 N/A 1924 2,835 132 39,500 99.3 1926 3,069 117 39,750 100.0 1928
Pulpwood can be defined as timber that is ground and processed into a fibrous pulp. It is a versatile natural resource commonly used for paper-making but also made into low-grade wood and used for chips, energy, pellets, and engineered products. [1] Harvesting a stand of eucalyptus pulpwood in Australia. Pulpwood can be derived from most types ...
The Alabama Champion Tree Program is a listing of the largest known specimens of particular tree species, native or introduced, in the U.S. state of Alabama. It was established in 1970 by the Alabama Forestry Commission. [1] [2] The program was modeled on the National Register of Big Trees, started by the American Forests organization in 1940.
Before 1900 it was a source for poles, pilings, posts, sawlogs, flooring, plywood, pulpwood and naval stores (tapped for turpentine). [ 4 ] Currently heart pine for building and woodworking is procured by reclaiming old lumber and recovering logs, felled pre-1900, from rivers.
While every nation has trees and wood, ship timber is a far more limited product. The ideal woods were oak, Scots pine – but not spruce, and other large trees. Especially difficult to find were trees suitable to be masts, a crucial requirement for any sailing ship, and one that often had to be replaced after storms or wear. As suitable trees ...
Summer Crosby, right, serves lunch outside of Spear Country Store & Hardware on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Newland, N.C., days after Hurricane Helene brought heavy flooding to the region. Those ...
Pine Level, also known as Pine Tucky, is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States. Pine Level is located along U.S. Route 231 (also known as Alabama State Route 53 ), 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Montgomery .