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A pocket forest is created by planting native trees and shrubs in close proximity as a means of rapidly restoring native plant species in damaged ecosystems. While forests naturally grow through a primary stage and then a secondary stage before reaching their climax stage , pocket forests are created by a dense planting of climax stage species ...
A total of 2,742 acres (1,110 ha) of old-growth forest has been identified in Massachusetts. [1] Massachusetts' old growth occurs almost entirely within the Northeastern Highlands ecoregion. The following list identifies some of the sites and their locations: [ 2 ]
A tree plantation, forest plantation, plantation forest, timber plantation or tree farm is a forest planted for high volume production of wood, usually by planting one type of tree as a monoculture forest. The term tree farm also is used to refer to tree nurseries and Christmas tree farms.
Map of wood-filled areas in the United States, circa 2000 [1]. In the United States, the forest cover by state and territory is estimated from tree-attributes using the basic statistics reported by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service. [2]
The American Tree Farm system is an organized collection of private landowners interested in effectively managing their woodland properties. Founded in 1941, the ATFS consists of more than 27,500,000 acres (111,000 km 2 ) of privately owned forest in 46 states.
Myles Standish State Forest Location in Massachusetts Show map of Massachusetts Myles Standish State Forest (the United States) Show map of the United States Location Carver, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Coordinates 41°51′23″N 70°40′32″W / 41.85639°N 70.67556°W / 41.85639; -70.67556 Area 12,029 acres (48.68 km 2) Elevation 144 ft (44 m) Established ...
Hantz Woodlands, also known as Hantz Farms, is an urban tree farm on the lower east side of Detroit.The project has cleared more than 2,000 vacant city-owned lots, totaling more than 140 acres, and has demolished blighted homes and cleared empty lots to make way for a hardwood tree farm, bounded by E. Jefferson Avenue, Mack Avenue, St. Jean Street and Van Dyke Avenue.
Knobs State Forest and Wildlife Management Area Terminus of the orange trail Location in the United States Show map of the United States Location in Kentucky Show map of Kentucky Location Bullitt County, Kentucky Nearest city Shepherdsville, Kentucky Coordinates 37°52′53″N 85°40′35″W / 37.88139°N 85.67639°W / 37.88139; -85.67639 Area 2,035 acres (8.24 km 2) Max ...