The Japanese maple trees were subjects for much poetry and art in seventh century Japan. However, both world wars took their toll on the many different collections of these trees, and they were often used as firewood. By the end of the 1940s, many cultivars had disappeared. However, in the 1960s there was a return of interest and since then over 320 varieties of the Japanese maple have been developed from the native trees that were left.
The Japanese maple tree is adaptable to different soil types, but prefers a slightly acidic soil. They thrive in sandy loam type soil with low organic material. They usually have a shallow and fibrous root system in the beginning, so uniform watering and mulch is needed for a few years to establish the tree. To avoid competition for water and nutrients, keep the area under the tree well weeded.
Acer palmatum has many different varieties that have different colors, leaf shapes, and growth habits. The tree openly pollinates, which means that seeds from a specific cultivar will not be an exact clone of the parent tree. For this reason, propagation f...
These are very difficult questions for me personally to answer because I live in the Pacific Northwest, and I have seen the beauty of the old growth forests first-hand.
The plots, blackberry rambles, pine barrens, and spacious groves of great eastern forest was an ecological kaleidoscope of garden chestnut, hickory, and oak…Early European explorers marveled at the trees that were spaced so that the forest “could be penetrated even by a large army”… English squatters encountered forested
...ough genetic variability is generally a good quality, sometimes plant characteristics that are considered favorable by commercial propagators can be lost through genetic mutation during sexual reproduction of seed propagation. Also, sexual propagation through seeds is not always feasible for commercial propagators because of the length of time from germination until you have a fully developed plant (Horticulture, 2014).
Sugar pines are found in a variety of places including moist, steep, north, east and south facing slopes. They tend to like deep, well drained soils that have a slight to neutral acidic level. While these trees can and do grow on steep and rugged land, the best growth occurs on gentle terrain at middle elevations in sandy to clay-like soils. These sugar pines grow from sea level up to a maximum of about 10,000 feet. The ele...
Many old-growth forests across the landscape of northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan contain a mixture of tree species rather than a monoculture. Many researchers have put forward ideas to explain the competition and co-existence of tree species in such communities. A theory explaining competition and co-existence between two species is gap regeneration. Gap regeneration is when a gap is created upon death of a plant individual and a new individual, sometimes of the same species as died and sometimes not dependent on environmental heterogeneity, takes its place (Kenneth Lertzman). Canopy gaps during gap regeneration can be explained by either reciprocal replacement or habitat preference . In a reciprocal replacement, seedlings of one species would be found predominately under large trees ...
Not only maple trees have been tapped for syrup. The Birch and Elm trees have been used for syrup, but the maples produce a much sweeter sap than any other tree. "What is more peculiar is that the sap, unlike nectar, does not come from the leaves (they
Temperate Deciduous forest have many cool and thrilling facts about them. In this essay i will be talking about some facts about a Temperate Deciduous forest. As well as vegetation, climate and also animal life. The Temperate Deciduous forest is a very cool and not to harsh environment like deserts or Tundras. I will be going over some of the things that make Temperate Deciduous forest this way.
The Species of the World Hayakawa, Masao. The Garden Art of Japan. Trans. Richard Gage. Weatherhill.
Pacific Maple is an environmentally friendly wood that is used in general building and construction. It is said to have excellent decorative and construction properties. It is a hardwood tree. Which means it is a nut or fruit-baring tree. Pacific Coast maple grows from southern British Columbia to Northern California. Trees are approximately 60 feet in height.. Pacific maple’s color is pale pink to almost.
Tissue culture allows for the clonal propagation of plant (production of multiple copies of the same genotype).
For many years, nature has cloned organisms. When a plant sends out a stalk and it takes root, the new ...
Artificial planting is the process of moving and planting a large (existing tree) tree from one site to another. It’s also known as ‘Tree spading’ or ‘transplanting’. The traditional method of transplanting was to use trained manual labour to help dig out the entire root system which was a lot of work. Artificial planting uses a crane to make a trench of around one to two metres at the base of the tree, followed by the pulling out of the tree. The root ball is then covered with wet husk or resin and is then transported to the new location. The soil from the new location is then used to cover up the trench in the first location and hence the tree is successfully retrenched and replanted at another location without any damage. The process of Artificial Planting takes a lot of specialised preparation and engineering methods. The psychological status of the tree has to be ascertained to be disease free and healthy, before the transplantation. The new location of the tree should also be checked to see to its disease-free requirement as well as the conditions of optimum sunlight and soil makeup.
Trees the Most Valuable Resource on Earth Today Forests are one of the most valuable resources on the planet today. Without forests it would be almost impossible for any living thing to survive. But, with this in mind many people destroy forests.
Bonsai trees are on the oldest art forms. Bonsai is the ancient art of the Chinese. The word bonsai is Chinese for a tree that has been dwarfed. The art of bonsai is actually dwarfing a tree or making it small. This means to make it a full grown tree just really small. The art of bonsai has been around for thousands of years. It first came around as a simple art known as Pun-Sai this was just early specimens in pots.(www.bonsaisite.com/history1.html) The Chinese based their shaping of the trees on Dragons and serpents. The Japanese then started their own form of Bonsai during the Kamakura period (1185 1333). (www.bonsaisite.com/history1.html)
Forests, which are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem on Earth, play an essential role in the planet’s life support system (Bonan, 2008). Besides providing basic ecological and environmental services, they also supply humanity with valuable goods and services (Pearce, 2001). It is therefore necessary to constantly monitor forest ecosystems in order to comprehend the various processes and factors that determine their ecology, function and patterns. This, in turn, will allow devising proper management strategies to continue satisfying human needs, especially in this era of global environmental change.