Wood cells produced at the end of the growing season that make up the darker section of an annual ring. Also called summerwood . Any requirement for wildlife survival that is in limited supply. Fruits or nuts used as a food source by wildlife. Soft mast includes most fruits with fleshy coverings, such as persimmon, dogwood seed or black gum seed.
Hard mast refers to nuts such as acorns and beech, pecan and hickory nuts.
A scale that measures the number of 16-foot logs in a tree. The management of land or forest for more than one purpose, such as wood production, water quality, wildlife, recreation, aesthetics and clean air. Products such as turpentine, pitch and rosin that come from pine trees and are used in the construction and maintenance of wooden sailing vessels. The part of a tree that carries sap from the leaves to the rest of the tree. Also called inner bark .