"Forestry Quiz 1": HTML5 Crossword

Across

1. Any nut, seed, or fruit, by woody plants and consumed by wildlife. (4)
6. The percentage of the length of a tree with living branches. (4,8,5)
10. Removal of all trees within designated small areas in the harvest area. (5,3)
12. Seedlings from natural seeding or sprouts and other plants representing vegetative reproduction. (7,12)
14. The removal or killing of a ring of bark around the tree stem so that the flow of crown to roots is blocked. (6)
16. Selective removal of the most economically valuable trees without improvements in the remaining forests (11)
17. Forest stands occupied by a mixture of softwood and hardwood tree species. (9,4)
18. That portion of the trees in a forest forming the upper crown. (9)

Down

1. Refers to forest products which can be harvested and sold. (12)
2. A forest in which hardwood tree species comprise at least 75% of the stand. (8,4)
3. Used to designate all broadleaved or deciduous trees at a class. (8)
4. A tree shorter than a dominant but extending into the crown cover formed by the dominant and co-dominant trees. (12,4)
5. Used in defining a stand of trees. (6,5)
7. The inability of a tree to develop an grow in the shade of and in competition with other trees. (11)
8. Removal of small groups of trees within a harvest area. (5,9,10,6)
9. Removing overstory trees releasing established regeneration. (9,7)
11. The volume or number of trees which have grown past an adopted lower limit of measurement during a specified time. (8)
13. Trees capable of producing at least one 12 foot sawlog now or in the future. (7,5)
15. A place where logs and pulp are assembled for loading and transportation to a mill. (7)