Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products and 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 & Society Specialty 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 & Society Specialty Forest Products/: Quercus suber
Cork oak Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products/ Schery 1952 http://www.granorte.pt/cork_oak.htm
Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products: Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products http://www.dicknsons.com/corkhist.htm http://www.beyond.fr/flora/oakcork.html
Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products: http://www.jelinek.com/cork.htm Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products http://www.corkmasters.com/facts/bark-to-bottle.stm
Forestry & Society Specialty 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 = $14.08 WA, OR, ID wild
mushroom value
Edible mushrooms in the NW/ Pilz & Molina ForEcolMgt 155:3:2002: Edible mushrooms in the NW/ Pilz & Molina ForEcolMgt 155:3:2002
Forestry & Society Specialty Products/Matsutake mushrooms J.For. 97:4-11:1999: Forestry & Society Specialty Products/Matsutake mushrooms J.For. 97:4-11:1999 FS Income ($) 10,000 5,000 Permits (no) FS Income ($) Permits (no) 3 1 8 4 Yield (lb/ac)
Forestry & Society Specialty 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 & Society Specialty 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 & Society Specialty 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 & Society Specialty Forest Products/Pacific NW: Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products/Pacific NW
Forestry & Society Specialty 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 & Society Specialty 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 & Society Specialty 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 & Society Specialty Forest Products-Chile, Canada: Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products-Chile, Canada Peat Moss - Chile
Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products- Silkworm moth w/ cocoon/ feeds on mulberry: Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products- Silkworm moth w/ cocoon/ feeds on mulberry
Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products- So. Pine needles: Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products- So. Pine needles
Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products-biomass: Forestry & Society Specialty Forest Products-biomass
Recreation or Ecotourism/Ciencia Forestal: Monarch Butterfly Neotropical Parrots Recreation or Ecotourism/Ciencia Forestal
Forestry & Society Recreation 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 & Society Below 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 & Society Specialty 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?