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• Publications
  • Tree Planters' Notes
  • Forest Nursery Notes
  • The Container Tree Nursery Manual
    • Volume 1 - Nursery Planning, Development, and Management
    • Volume 2 - Containers and Growing Media
    • Volume 3 - Atmospheric Environment
    • Volume 4 - Seedling Nutrition and Irrigation
    • Volume 5 - The Biological Component: Nursery Pests and Mycorrhizae
    • Volume 6- Seedling Propogation
    • Volume 7- Seedling Processing, Storage, and Outplanting
    • The Container Tree Nursery Manual - Español
  • Nursery Manual for Native Plants: A Guide for Tribal Nurseries, Volume 1: Nursery Management
    • Nursery Manual for Native Plants: A Guide for Tribal Nurseries, Volume 1: Nursery Management - Complete
    • Cover and Frontmatter
    • Chapter 1: Planting a Native Plant Nursery
    • Chapter 2: The Target Plant Concept
    • Chapter 3: Planning Crops and Developing Propagation Protocols
    • Chapter 4: Propagation Environments
    • Chapter 5: Growing Media
    • Chapter 6: Containers
    • Chapter 7: Collecting, Processing, and Storing Seeds
    • Chapter 8: Seed Germination and Sowing Options
    • Chapter 9: Vegetative Propagation
    • Chapter 10: Water Quality and Irrigation
    • Chapter 11: Fertilization
    • Chapter 12: Hardening
    • Chapter 13: Harvesting, Storing, and Shipping
    • Chapter 14: Beneficial Microorganisms
    • Chapter 15: Holistic Pest Management
    • Chapter 16: Nursery Management
    • Chapter 17: Discovering Ways To Improve Crop Production and Plant Quality
  • National Nursery Proceedings
  • Woody Plant Seed Manual
    • Introduction
    • Chapter 1 - Seed Biology
    • Chapter 2 - Genetic Improvement of Forest Trees
    • Chapter 3 - Seed Harvesting and Conditioning
    • Chapter 4 - Storage of Seeds
    • Chapter 5 - Seed Testing
    • Chapter 6 - Certification of Tree Seeds and Other Woody Plant Materials
    • Chapter 7 - Nursery Practices
    • Appendices
    • Part 2 - Genera (A-Z)
    • Woody Plant Seed Manual - Complete
  • Raising Seedlings at Home
  • Tropical Tree Seed Manual
    • Chapter 1 Pages 1-30: Seed Biology
    • Chapter 1 Pages 31-47: Seed Biology
    • Chapter 1 Pages 48-61: Seed Biology
    • Chapter 1 Pages 62-81: Seed Biology
    • Chapter 1 Pages 82-106: Seed Biology
    • Chapter 2: Collection
    • Chapter 3: Storage
    • Chapter 4: Orthodox and Recalcitrant Seeds
    • Chapter 5: Dormancy and Germination
    • Chapter 6: Pathology
    • Chapter 7: Ecological Life Histories
    • Chapter 8: Ethnobotany
    • Chapter 9: Notes on Tropical Dendrology
    • Cover and Frontmatter
    • Indices
    • References
    • Species Descriptions
  • Native Plants Journal
    • Native Plants Journal - Cover
  • Forest Nursery Pests
    • Diagnosis of Pest Problems
    • Integrated Nursery Pest Management
    • Evaluation of Nursery Losses Due to Pests
    • Soil-Pest Relationships
    • Mycorrhizae-Benefits and Practical Application in Forest Tree Nurseries
    • Pesticide Regulations
    • Pesticides Registered for Use in Forest Nurseries
    • Glossary
    • Conifer and Hardwood Diseases
    • Conifer and Hardwood Insects
    • Conifer Diseases
    • Conifer Insects
    • Hardwood Diseases
    • Hardwood Insects
    • Miscellaneous Pest Problems
  • Growing Healthy Seedlings
    • Cover and Frontmatter
    • Introduction
    • Key To Seedling Damage
    • Damping-off
    • Fusarium Hypocotyl Rot
    • Fusarium Root Rot
    • Gray Mold
    • Lower Stem Canker
    • Phytophthrora Root Rot
    • Seed Fungi
    • Storage Molds
    • Upper Stem Canker
    • Charcoal Root Disease
    • Fusarium Root Necrosis
    • Larch Needle Cast
    • Lophodermium Needle Cast of Scotch Pine
    • Needle Rusts
    • Phoma Blight
    • Phomopsis Canker
    • Sirococcus Tip Blight
    • Tip Blight of Pine
    • Western Gall Rust
    • Cranberry Girdler; Sod Webworm
    • Cutworms
    • June Beetle; White Grubs
    • Lygus Bugs
    • Root Weevils
    • Minor Insects
    • Nematodes
    • Cold Injury
    • Heat Injury
    • Mineral Nutrient Problems
    • Pesticide Phytoxicity
    • Salt Injury
    • Soil Compaction
    • Principles of Integrated Pest Management
    • Glossary
  • Tree Seed Technology Training Course
  • Evaluating Seedling Quality: Principles, Procedures, and Predictive Abilities of Major Tests
    • 01: Importance to reforestation
    • 02: Bud dormancy
    • 03: Techniques for determining seedling water status and their effectiveness in assessing stress
    • 04: Mineral nutrition as an index of seedling quality
    • 05: Carbohydrate status as a measure of seedling quality
    • 06: Seedlings morphological evaluation-- What you can tell by looking
    • 07: OSU vigor test: Principles, procedures, and predictive ability
    • 08: Root growth potential: Principles, procedures and predictive ability
    • 09: Frost hardiness of coniferous seedlings: Principles and applications
    • 10: Infrared thermography for assessing seedling condition- Rationale and preliminary observations
    • 11: The Rolde of Biochemical Measurements in Evaluating Vigor
    • Photographs of testing procedures
  • Organic Matter Management in Forest Nurseries: Theory and Practice
    • Introduction
    • Organic Matter in Soil (Part 1)
    • Decomposition of Organic Matter in Soil (Part 2)
    • Organic Amendments and Their Uses (Part 3)
    • Types of Organic Amendments (Part 4)
    • Green Manure Crops (Part 5)
    • Glossary
    • Literature Citations
    • Appendix A
    • Index
    • Organic Matter Management in Forest Nurseries: Theory and Practice (Complete Paper)
  • Southern Pine Nursery Handbook
    • 0. Introduction
    • 01. Basic Concepts of Nursery Soils Management
    • 02. Site Selection
    • 03. Nursery Design and Layout
    • 04. Seedbed Preperation
    • 05. Seed Handling
    • 06. Sowing and Mulching
    • 07. Seedling Growth and Development
    • 08. Lifting and Field Packing
    • 09. Seedling Quality, Grading, Culling and Counting
    • 10. Packing, Storage and Shipping
    • 11. Soil Moisture
    • 12. Nutrients and Ferilization
    • 13. Inergrated Nursery Pest Management
    • 15. Weed Control
    • 16. Inventory Systems
    • 17. Administration, Accounting, and Records
    • 18. General Information
  • Care and Planting of Southern Pines
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Planning the Planting Operation
    • 3. Nursery Operations
    • 4. Storage
    • 5. Shipping
    • 6. Planting
    • 7. Safety First
    • 8. References
    • 9. Appendix
  • Southern Pine Seed Sources
  • The Thin Green Line
    • The Thin Green Line Proceedings
    • Challenges and Successes in Regeneration Practices in The Northern Mediterranean Basin
    • Applying an Understanding of Stand and Competition Dynamics For Natural Regeneration and Achievement of Alternative End Products: Examples From Western Canadian Mixedwood Forests
    • Successful Stock Production for Forest Regeneration: What Foresters Should Ask Nursery Managers About Their Crops (and Vice Versa)
    • Making Ends Meet in the Forest Nursery Business
    • Growing A Stronger, Greener Ontario
    • Top 10 Principles for Managing Competing Vegetation to Maximize Regeneration Success and Long-Term Yields
    • Regeneration Practices in Scandinavia: State-of-the-Art and New Trends
    • Forest Regeneration Trends: Dinosaurs, Political Correctness, and the Future
    • Assessing Plant Quality for Afforestation and Reforestation in Lombardy
    • Afforestation in the Central Hardwood Forest Region of the USA
    • Intensive Management of Stump-Sprout Reproduction In Coppice-Regenerated Coast Redwoods
    • Mini Seedlings – A New Forest Regeneration System
    • Improving Regeneration Performance Standards: Comments Based on Early Experience With Three New Approaches In British Columbia
    • Hardwood Genetics and Tree Improvement – A Midwest USA Perspective
    • Turning Off the Tap: Controlling Nutrient Leaching, Growth and Hardening of Containerized White Spruce Seedlings Through Irrigation Management
    • Improving Root Development:Genetic Selection, Cultural Practices or Both?
    • Root Form of Jack Pine Seedlings Grown in a Variety of Containers
    • Nursery Technology Cooperative: 20-Year Evolution of a Research Program to Optimize Seedling Quality and Reforestation Success in the Pacific Northwest
    • Maximizing Nutrient Storage in Nursery Culture to Promote Retranslocation and Growth of Outplanted Seedlings
    • A Root-Bound Index for Container-Grown Pines
    • Root-Zone Electrical Conductivity Monitoring for Nutrient Loading and Spiking of Container Tree Seedlings
    • Risks Related to the Extension of the Planting Period of Norway Spruce Container Seedlings: Drought – Growth Stage Dynamics and Handling Practices
    • Effect of Plant Date on Stand Establishment
    • Growth of Aspen and White Spruce in Planted Mixtures
    • The Influence of Mycorrhizal Inoculation and Site Preparation on the Extended Season Planting of Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) Seedlings in Northwestern Ontario
    • Gap Planting In Conifer Pure Stand In Japan
    • Effects of Early Herbaceous and Woody Vegetation Control on Seedling Microclimate and Physiology of Eastern White Pine
    • Effects of Early Herbaceous and Woody Vegetation Control on Eastern White Pine
    • Mycorrhizal Biotechnology for Reclamation of Oil Sand Composite Tailings and Tailings Land in Alberta
    • Quality Control System for Regeneration Activities in Private Forests in Finland
    • Benchmark Renewal Standards: What You See Is What You Get…. (NOT)!!
    • The Challenges and Accomplishments in Reforesting Boreal Sites in Northern Ontario
    • Natural Regeneration With Shelterwood Silviculture in the Acadian Forest Region
    • Reforestation of Surface Mined Lands in the Appalachian Coal Fields, USA
    • Cutting Versus Herbicides: Tenth-Year Cost-Benefit Analysis of Sub-Boreal Conifer Plantation Release
    • Positioning Forest Business to Capture Benefits of the Bio-Economy: A Role for Reforestation and Afforestation in Sustainable Forest Management
    • Seedling Size and Reforestation Success How Big is Big Enough?
    • Cost – Quality Relationship of Norway Spruce Planting and Scots Pine Direct Seeding In Finland – Preliminary Results
    • Soil Nutrient Supply Rates as an Indicator of Site Suitability and Seedling Growth Requirements
    • Deciduous Competition: Impact on Growth of Plantation Spruce
    • Twenty Years Later – Revisiting A Jack Pine Mycorrhizae Study Near Raith, Ontario
    • Nine Different Nursery Fertilizer Regimes Still Affecting Jack Pine Plantation Growth After 12 Years
    • RCDlob: An Individual Tree Growth and Yield Model for Loblolly Pine That Incorporates Root-Collar Diameter at Time-Of-Planting
  • American Chestnut Proceedings
  • Tree Improvement and Genetics Proceedings
    • Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference
    • Northeastern Forest Tree Improvement Conference
    • Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Conference
    • North Central Tree Improvement Conference
    • Central States Forest Tree Improvement Conference
    • Canadian Forest Genetics Association Proceedings
  • Native Plants: Propagating and Planting
    • Cover and Table of Contents
    • Seed Banking for the Future
    • Adaptive Genetic Variation of Broadleaf Lupine (Lupinus and latifolius) and Implications For Seed Transfer
    • Storage of Rare and Endangered Plants In Ex Situ Germplasm Banks
    • Techniques to Determine Total Viability in Native Seed
    • Seed Germination and Storability Studies of 69 Plant Taxa Native to the Willamette Valley Wet Prairie
    • Propagating Native Grass Seed and Seedlings
    • Extraction and Germination of Pacific Madrone Seed
    • Micropropagation: An Important Tool in the Conservation of Endangered Hawaiian Plants
    • Use of Mycorrhizae for Native Plant Production
    • Asexual Plant Propagation: Increasing Your Odds of Success
    • Rooting Ability of Fifteen Native Shrubs Using Hardwood Cuttings in the Field and Greenhouse
    • Comparing Micropropagation Protocols for a Herbaceous Perennial, a Woody Shrub, and a Conifer
    • Salvaging Plants for Propagation and Revegetation
    • Comparing Biomass and Taxane Concentrations to Maximize Yield in Rooted Cuttings of Pacific Yew (Taxus Brevifolia Nutt)
    • Restoration of a Grazed Riparian Area
    • Restoration of Community Structure and Composition in Cheatgrass Dominated Rangelands
    • Growing Endangered Plants to Save Them: Germinating, Propagating, and Restoring Pink Sandverbena
    • Restoring Idaho’s Henry’s Fork: A Case Study
    • Initial Observations on the Effects of Fire on Willamette Valley Wetland Prairie Vegetation
    • Wildlife Considerations When Planning Plant Projects
    • Wetland Restoration of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area: Success and Failures
    • The Reproductive Ecology of Broadleaved Trees and Shrubs: An Innovative Educational Approach
    • Vegetation and Erosion: A Literature Survey
    • Genetic Studies in Native Plants
    • Ruminations And Ramblings About Native Plant Propagation
    • Seed Germination of Fox Sedge and Broadleaf Arrowhead
    • Propagation and Establishment of Hardstem Bulrush at Johnson Lake, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
    • Adaptive Genetic Variation of Elymus glaucus (Blue Wildrye) in Northeast Oregon: Implications for Seed Collection and Management
    • Propagation and Establishment of a Native Wetland Plant Species: Beckmannia syzigachne
    • Selecting Native Plants Using VegSpec – A Web-based Expert System
    • Vegetative Propagation of Pinus maximartinezii
    • Collecting and Propagating Native California Taxads: A case study of Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia) and California nutmeg (Torreya californica)
    • Evaluating Seed Increase Potential of Broadleaf Lupine
    • Planting the Future
    • Speaker (and Co-Author) Biographies
  • Advances and Challenges in Forest Regeneration
    • Cover & Table of Contents
    • Challenges and Predictions in Artificial Regeneration
    • Fundamental Advances in Bareroot and Container Nursery Processes and Philosophies
    • Advances and Challenges in Seed Biology
    • Tree Improvement in the Pacific Northwest
    • New Stock Types and Advancements in the Bareroot Industry
    • New Stocktypes and Advances in the Container Industry: A Grower's Perspective
    • Nursery Pest Management
    • The Informed Buyer: Understanding Seedling Quality
    • Planning for Reforestation: Regulations and Costs
    • Advances in Site Preparation
    • Managing Riparian Habitat for Fish, Wildlife and Timber
    • Early Seedling Fertilization
    • Managing Wildlife Damage to Timber Resources
    • Profits and Investment Analyses
    • Biographies
  • Mechanical Seed Cleaning and Handling
    • Mechanical Seed Cleaning and Handling (1968)
  • Guidelines for Producing Quality Longleaf Pine Seeds
    • Guidelines for Producing Quality Longleaf Pine Seeds (2002)
  • Hardwood Nursery Guide
    • Hardwood Nursery Guide (1994 Revised)
  • Principles and Practices of Seed Storage
    • Principles and Practices of Seed Storage 1978
  • Conifer Nursery Practices in the Prairie-Plains
    • Conifer Nursery Practices in the Prairie-Plains 1965
  • Nursery Practices in the Lake States
    • Nursery Practices in the Lake States 1957
  • Separating Seeds by Length with Special Indent Cylinders
    • Separating Seeds by Length with Special Indent Cylinders 1965
  • Processing Seed of Grasses and Other Plants to Remove Awns and Other Appendages
    • Processing Seed of Grasses and Other Plants to Remove Awns and Other Appendages 1940
  • Introduction to Practical Tree Improvement
    • Introduction to Practical Tree Improvement 1976
  • Forest Planting Practice in the United States
    • Forest Planting Practice in the United States 1963
  • Manual de Semillas de Árboles Tropicales
  • Nursery Practices on the National Forests
    • Nursery Practices on the National Forests 1917
  • Bareroot Nursery Equipment Catalog
    • Bareroot Nursery Equipment Catalog 1992
  • Planting the Southern Pines
    • Planting the Southern Pines 1954
  • Hardwoods
  • Reforestation
  • Southern Pines
  • Seedling Quality
  • Pest Management
  • Native Plants
  • Seed Manuals
  • Nursery Manuals
    • Forest Nursery Manual—Bareroot
  • Forest Regeneration Manual
    • Cover, Chapters, Acknowledgements
    • Chapter 1 - Regeneration - An Overview of Past Trends and Basic Steps Needed to Ensure Future Success
    • Chapter 2 - Reforestation Economics, Law, and Taxation
    • Chapter 3 - Regeneration Methods
    • Chapter 4 - Seed Management
    • Chapter 5 - Vegetative Propagation of Southern Pines
    • Chapter 6 - Bareroot Seedling Culture
    • Chapter 7 - Container Seedlings
    • Chapter 8 - Seedling Quality of Southern Pines
    • Chapter 9 - Characterizing the Site - Environment, Associated Vegetation, and Site Potential
    • Chapter 10 - Soil and Site Potential
    • Chapter 11 - Species Variation, Allocation, and Tree Improvement
    • Chapter 12 - Prescribed Burning for Regeneration
    • Chapter 13 - Chemical and Mechanical Site Preparation
    • Chapter 14 - Fertilization of Southern Pines at Establishment
    • Chapter 15 - Initial Spacing - How Many Trees To Plant
    • Chapter 16 - Lifting, Storing, and Transporting Southern Pine Seedlings
    • Chapter 17 - Proper Planting Improves Performance
    • Chapter 18 - Evaluating Regeneration Success
    • Chapter 19 - Vegetation Management after Plantation Establishment
    • Chapter 20 - Insect and Disease Management
    • Chapter 21 - Wildlife Management in Southern Pine Regeneration Systems
    • Chapter 22 - Controlling Vertebrate Animal Damage in Southern Pines
    • Index
  • Publicaciones en Español
  • Manual de Reforestación para América Tropical
    • Images
    • Manual de Reforestación para América Tropical - Completo
    • Capítulo 1 - Introducción
    • Capítulo 2 - La Reforestación: Restaurar la Productividad a la Tierra
    • Capítulo 3 - El Ambiente Físico para laReforestación
    • Capítulo 4 - El Ambiente Social para la Reforestación
    • Capítulo 5 - La Naturaleza de la Reforestación
    • Capítulo 6 - Las Especies para la Reforestación
    • Capítulo 7 - Administración de Viveros
    • Capítulo 8 - Técnicas de Plantación
    • Capítulo 9 - La Agroforestación y la Madera Combustible
    • Glosario y Apéndices
  • Glosario de Terminos sobre Germinacion de Semillas para Especialistas en Arboles Semilleros
  • The Genetics and Breeding of Southern Pines
    • Part I. The Southern Pines
    • Part II. Physiology
    • Part III. Variation Among Geographic Locations
    • Part IV. Variation Among Trees
    • Part V. Mutations and Hybrids
    • Part VI. Breeding and Southern Pines
• Resources
  • National Nursery and Seed Directory
  • Events
  • Links
  • Container Tree Nursery Manual on CD
  • Spanish Tree Planting Video/DVD
  • Tree Planting in the U.S.
  • Calculation Tools
• Seed Lab
• Tribal
  • Tribal Nursery Needs Assessment Cover Image
  • Past Meetings
  • Photos
    • Intertribal Photo #1
    • Intertribal Photo #2
    • Intertribal Photo #3
    • Intertribal Photo #4
  • Tribal Nursery Needs Assessment
  • Nursery Manual for Native Plants: A Guide for Tribal Nurseries, Volume 1: Nursery Management - Cover Image
• Tropical
  • Images
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    • FutureForests(14).jpg
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    • tropical_13.jpg
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• About
  • Personnel
    • Diane Haase's Resume
    • Diane Haase
    • Diane Haase's Business Card
    • George Hernandez
    • Jeremy Pinto
    • Kas Dumroese
    • Matt Howell
    • Bob Karrfalt
    • Diane Haase
    • Ron Overton
    • Tom Landis
    • Daniel Drummond
  • National Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources (RNGR) Program
  • National Seed Laboratory
  • RNGR Program Tribal Emphasis