This website is a personal project to aid my learning and understanding of dendrology and related topics. Information is sourced from publicly available materials, and all original authors are credited where applicable.
General Knowledge:
These techniques and concepts are common industry practices, not unique to any one institution. My site just makes them more approachable and engaging.
No Diplomas = No Competition:
As long as I am not offering an accredited credential, my site doesn't threaten any schools official program. A certificate of completion for a quiz or a challenge is just a fun, motivational tool-completely harmless.
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Cite Once, Reference Often
Foundational Sources to Forestry:
The following descriptions and characteristics of tree species are based on information from Farrars Trees in Canada (2017), unless otherwise stated.
Bibliography.. Huge Shout Out To:
ChatGPT.
Farrar, J.L. (2017). Trees in Canada. Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
Ontario Woodlot Assoc.
Helpful for enthusiasts who appreciate land stewardship. They have incredible workshops, in person and online meetups, offer a variety of educational resources as well as advice for enthusiasts and landowners alike.
https://www.ontariowoodlot.com/
https://www.ontariowoodlot.com/Extension-Notes
Study for Envirothon:
Envirothon is focused on four core topics: Forestry, Soils, Aquatics and Wildlife. Study Guides are available to help prepare students for their local events.
https://forestscanada.ca/en/page/study-for-envirothon
Forest Management: A Guide To Silviculture in The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Region
The GLSL silviculture guide provides forest managers in Ontario’s Great Lakes–St. Lawrence and Boreal regions with scientifically grounded direction for harvesting, regeneration, and tending activities. Using an ecological land classification framework, it organizes information on species autecology, site conditions, and silvicultural options, with special emphasis on managing mixedwood stands. The guide’s primary aims are to support sustainable wood supply, reduce harvesting impacts, and maintain landscape-level biodiversity, building on principles established in the earlier 1998 conifer management guide.
https://www.ontario.ca/page/forest-management-guide-silviculture-great-lakes-st-lawrence-and-boreal-forests-ontario
Natural Fire Regimes in Ontario
Fire management strategy, policy, behaviour, factors. Great source of information regarding to Boreal, Great Lakes and St Lawrence, and Deciduous Forests.
ontarioparks.ca/pdf/fire/fire_research_2006.pdf
Forest Pest Insects of North America
www.forestpests.org
Dendrology
Trees in Canada-Revised Edition
Auth:Farrar
Item# 9781554554065
Pub: Fitzhenry
Ecology
Silvics Notes
Auth: Knappen
item# 9781553236542
Pub: Apc
Soils and Landform
Auth: Denholm
Item# 9780889556300
Pub: Guelph
Wildlife
Forest raptors and their nests in central ontario
Auth: Szuba and Naylor
Item# 0777877422
Forest Managment Guide for conserving biodiversity
Item# 9781443532686
Pub: service Ontario
Forest health
Ontario tree marking guide
Link to pdf
Forest Enviroment
Auth:Knappen Item#1550767011
Pub:apc