Forestry
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Forestry is the science and practice of studying and managing forests and their natural resources. Tennessee produces more hardwood flooring and pencils than any other state and Tennessee is the second largest producer of hardwood lumber. Thus wood is among Tennessee's five top agricultural crops and forestry is important to us. We need to keep our forests healthy and replace trees that are removed to make products such as pencils and lumber. This is called forest regeneration. To keep our forests healthy, we must understand the biology of trees and the ecology of forest systems. In this unit, students will learn about tree biology (Exercise 1: Dendrology), the value of tree resources (Exercise 2. Wood Types and Exercise 3. Wood Products), and about forest ecosystems (Exercise 4. Who lives Here?, Exercise 5. Succession, and Exercise 6. Pests).
*This unit was developed for Biology-in a-Box by Allison Mains and Dr. Scott E. Schlarbaum of the UT Forestry Department under the auspices of a grant from the Healing Stones Foundation