Assessment Type 1 Material Analysis

Pines in the forest of Morne des Commissaires is often distorted because of Loranthacee parasite. The parasite is endemic to Hispaniola, l’Arceuthobium bicarinatum Urb. (fig. 11). Even though the plant is being parasitized, it keeps its height and gives an excellent wood. Currently, the pines wood is being exploited in abundance for the need of the “Shada” war (society Haitian-American of agriculture

Maple trees are native to Asia but can also be found in Europe, Africa and North America. There are about 128 species of maple tree. The wood from maple trees is classified as a hardwood, which means that it is dense and relatively dry when compared to the wood from softwoods. Wood from softwood trees like redwood and cedar can be highly resinous. Resinous woods cause creosote build-up and can give foods an unpleasant taste.

Fire, insects, diseases such as spongy root, butt rot, white pine blister rust… can significantly damage on the Pinner Limber and in some cases, kill them. Fire affects most often young trees because of their thin barks, old trees because their large barks can withstand stem scorch from low severity fires. Limber pine has the ability to withstand severe dry sites conditions. Their ability to grow and reproduce in a very harsh environment allow them to live for a very long

Trees are very critical in landscaping as they form the foundation of any landscaping work. You can plant trees in your yard to provide privacy, shade and enhance the look and feel of your yard. Trees are also useful in slowing climate change and providing habitat for wildlife. When selecting the right tree for your yard, you need consider factors such as maturity size and number of seasons it take for the tree reproduce. Keeping trees healthy is critical but highly challenging. A good tree must endure extreme weather conditions, neglectful care, environmental toxins and disease and insect attacks. It is also important to recognize that slow maturing trees tend to live longer and stronger. Below is a

Your local home improvement store will have a variety of treatment products that are used to protect the wood against insects and moisture. Applying a treatment

Pinus taeda can reach a height of 30–35 metre and with a diameter of 0.4–1.5 m . Some species can even reach a  height of 50 metres and they are known as the tallest southern pines.

In “Timber Rising”, Robert Reid outlines the benefits of constructing tall building using timber structural members, as well as the growing interest and research to do so. The largest motivation to use timber structural members presented in the article is the desire to design and build structures that are more sustainable. The author highlights an interview in which a professional in the field says constructing buildings using timber, compared to the conventional materials of steel and concrete, can greatly reduce the carbon footprint due to construction. In addition, the author mentions that the trees, before being harvested for timber, absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it to oxygen. Lastly, the author presents research

Fire: The limbs are far enough from the ground to resist surface fires/ thick bark. They are well suited to the patterns of low-severity wildfire that were once common through much of the West. Because the ponderosa pine sheds its lower branches as it grows and has thick bark, it would be relatively unscathed from fires that crept along the ground.

Mature whitebark pine can reach up to 20 m in height and over 1 m in diameter at its base (COSEWIC 2010). Seeds are 7-11 mm long, chestnut brown and wingless. The cones are at the outer ends of upper branches, remain closed at maturity and remain on the tree unless removed by animals (COSEWIC 2010). The Clark’s Nutcracker, Nucifraga Columbiana, is a species intimately intertwined with the whitebark pine because of the tree’s almost exclusive dependence on the bird for dispersal of its seeds. Following dispersal, seeds not retrieved by Clark’s Nutcracker or eaten by rodents, may exhibit delayed germination, and thus form a seed bank, which is unusual for pines (COSEWIC 2010). Germination of a seed cohort occurs over several years, permitting when moisture conditions are favourable, thus enabling a continuity of regeneration in the absence of seed production

He told me the wood for the rose design was Brazilian rosewood. The grain is an extraordinary reddish-brown color with darker streaks that form a spider-web pattern that provides a striking contrast with the light oak

The boreal forest is characterized by coniferous forests consisting generally of larches, spruces and pines; conversely, the main tree species, the length of the growing season and summer temperatures vary. For instance, the boreal forest of North America is characterized by the abundance of spruces, Russian taiga has spruces, pines and larches depending on the region, while the Eastern Siberian taiga is a vast larch forest; Scandinavian and Finnish taiga consists of a mix of birch, spruce, and pines and birch.

A wood that has an economical value to the world is the Oak wood. Oak wood comes from a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus. Quercus comes from the family Fagaceae that is also known as the beech family. Oak trees are native to the Northern Hemisphere, which includes deciduous and evergreen from cool temperate to tropical latitudes. North America has the largest amount of oak trees with China trailing in second. The Oak tree is pollinated by wind, which allows it to occur as an evergreen, winter or drought deciduous (Hogan, 2010).

The trend seems to be for homeowners to buy wood flooring with a factory-applied finish. This eliminates dust from sanding, fumes from finishing, and waiting before the floor can be walked on. Another benefit is that the factory finishes are usually much tougher than the polyurethane applied in the field.

The bristlecone pine is known to grow in the White Mountains of eastern California. In that area conditions are not most desirable and ideal for plants to grow, however the bristlecone has managed to withstand the harsh conditions and surpass the hands of time. The White Mountains are an area that experiences short summers with a season for growing only being measured at several weeks. These mountains also adhere to strong dry winds that travel against rocky souls. These type of conditions cause any rain water that may fall to either drain off to fast for the plant to absorb or the water to just evaporate (Matthews, M). With such harsh conditions it is amazing that the bristlecone is still standing as the oldest living organism, unless it is because of these harsh conditions that the tree has such longevity.

Pines tree are also used as decorative purpose. They are also known as Christmas trees.