Different types of forest—and even different parts of the same forest—provide different necessities. The forest floor is by far the busiest part of the forest, with more kinds of plants …

A Forest Management Plan is a gateway to understanding your woodlands health and potential. The FMP is a site-specific plan developed based on the landowner’s manage-ment objectives …

Deep green and lichen draped, these forests cloak the islands and mainland along the southern coast of Alaska. They are generally found below elevations of 2,500 feet and grow largest in …

Trees dominate forest ecosystems, so if you have a pretty good idea of what trees are there, you’ll have a pretty good idea of what’s happening in that environment and what else might be living …

The fruits and twigs of poison ivy and greenbrier are food for a wide array of forest animals. Three species of ticks live on the understory plants and in the leaf litter.

The site index (SI) of a forest is a quantitative expression of the forest site quality based on the average height of the dominant and codominant trees of a specific species at a specified base …

Forests are ecosystems in which the dominant vegetation is trees. Forests around the world vary in the types of trees, other plants, and animals that live in them. These variations are due to …