HORT 302 12 Specialty Products

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Forest Productsand Recreation: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products and Recreation HORT/RGSC 302 J.G. Mexal Spring 2002

Christmas Tree Production: 

Christmas Tree Production

Forestry Humor: 

Forestry Humor

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Forest Products: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products Decoratives cork birch bark flats bark mulch pine straw/litter Chemicals resins naval stores insecticides (neem) Waste products walnut shells (tanning) Floral Greens ferns baby’s breath mosses Christmas & Evergreen Boughs pine cones holly branches Understory Plants mushrooms medicinals

Trees are Wedding Favors/Aug’03: 

Trees are Wedding Favors/Aug’03 The GreenWorld Project, a division of Itasca Greenhouse in Cohasset, will supply tree seedlings as wedding favors

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Forest Products/: 

Quercus suber Cork oak Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products/ Schery 1952 http://www.granorte.pt/cork_oak.htm

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Forest Products: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products http://www.dicknsons.com/corkhist.htm http://www.beyond.fr/flora/oakcork.html

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Forest Products: 

http://www.jelinek.com/cork.htm Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products http://www.corkmasters.com/facts/bark-to-bottle.stm

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Forest Products: 

17 billion bottles of wine produced each year 9% = synthetic 12% of corks contaminated with fungus that produces 2,4,6-trichloroanisole, or TCA Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products

Non-timber Forest Products/ Alexander et al. 2002: 

Christmas trees and greens = $500/ton Bear grass = $0.43/bunch Huckelberry = $0.73/bunch Salal = $1.06/bunch Scotch broom = $0.51/bunch Sword fern = $0.64/bunch Moss = $0.37/lb Non-timber Forest Products/ Alexander et al. 2002

Non-timber Forest Products/ Alexander et al. 2002: 

Non-timber Forest Products/ Alexander et al. 2002 Medicinal Plants Saw palmetto berries ($55/lb) Wild mushrooms- Boletus = $5.69 Chanterelles = $3.26 Morels = $5.04 American matsutake = $14.08 WA, OR, ID wild mushroom value

Edible mushrooms in the NW/ Pilz & Molina ForEcolMgt 155:3:2002: 

Edible mushrooms in the NW/ Pilz & Molina ForEcolMgt 155:3:2002

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Products/Matsutake mushrooms J.For. 97:4-11:1999: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Products/Matsutake mushrooms J.For. 97:4-11:1999 FS Income ($) 10,000 5,000 Permits (no) FS Income ($) Permits (no) 3 1 8 4 Yield (lb/ac)

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Products/edible mushrooms Science Findings 28/oct’00: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Products/edible mushrooms Science Findings 28/oct’00 In 1992: morels 1.3 million lbs chanterelles 1.1 million lbs matsutake 0.8 million lbs from ID,OR,WA

Mushroom Harvesting in Mexico/Ciencia Forestal: 

Mushroom Harvesting in Mexico/ Ciencia Forestal

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Products/edible mushrooms J.For. 97:4-11:1999: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Products/edible mushrooms J.For. 97:4-11:1999 Morchella elata - morels Chantharellus cibarius - chanterelles Tricholoma magnivelare - Matsutake

Thinning vs mushroom production-OR/ Pilz et al. JFor104(1):9:’06: 

Thinning vs mushroom production-OR/ Pilz et al. JFor104(1):9:’06 Chanterelles (lb/ac) Chanterelles (lb/ac) Thinned in ‘96

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Forest Products/Missouri: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products/Missouri Product Witch hazel Purple cone flower Black walnut hulls Genseng Goldenseal May apple Slippery elm Demand (lbs) >110,000 65,000 >200,000 230,000 275,000 220,000 200,000

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Forest Products/Pacific NW: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products/Pacific NW

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Forest Products-NE: 

Maple Syrup (Acer saccharum) $30 KK/yr (1.36 KK gal) Top States Vermont (#1 = 40%) Maine New York Massachusetts (9th = 50 K gal) 40 gal (@1% sugar) will make 1 gal syrup 28 gal(@3.2% sugar) will make 1 gal Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products-NE

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Products/Peru: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Products/Peru

“Extract the value of the tree before cutting it down”/Ciencia Forestal: 

Resin Collection Rubber Extraction “Extract the value of the tree before cutting it down”/Ciencia Forestal

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Products/Naval Stores- Schultz 1997: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Products/Naval Stores- Schultz 1997 Paraquat Oleoresin (%) Height above Wound

Western Red Cedar/ Thuja plicata: 

Western Red Cedar/ Thuja plicata Greg Gilbert

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Forest Products-Chile, Canada: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products-Chile, Canada Peat Moss - Chile

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Forest Products- Silkworm moth w/ cocoon/ feeds on mulberry: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products- Silkworm moth w/ cocoon/ feeds on mulberry

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Forest Products- So. Pine needles: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products- So. Pine needles

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Forest Products-biomass: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products-biomass

Recreation or Ecotourism/Ciencia Forestal: 

Monarch Butterfly Neotropical Parrots Recreation or Ecotourism/Ciencia Forestal

Forestry & SocietyRecreation Visitor Days (RVDs) by Agency/ USDA FS Ecosystem Management 1993 Ann. Rep: 

Forestry & Society Recreation Visitor Days (RVDs) by Agency/ USDA FS Ecosystem Management 1993 Ann. Rep 288 116 192 47 566KK RVDs 22

Forestry & SocietyBelow Cost Recreation (in $1,000)/  Policy Studies J. 23:258,286:1995: 

Forestry & Society Below Cost Recreation (in $1,000)/ Policy Studies J. 23:258,286:1995

Forestry & SocietySpecialty Products/Review Questions: 

Forestry & Society Specialty Products/Review Questions What are some of the specialty products extracted from forests in the US? In the world? Should the US government support ‘below-cost’ recreation? Why? Can specialty products be harvested on a sustainable basis?