Alberta Hardwood Trees
Most common hardwoods unlike the conifers or softwood firs spruce and pines hardwood trees have evolved into a broad array of common species.
Alberta hardwood trees. Trees for use in the trunk formula method. To select a map for the forest area near you check the main forest areas map first to determine where. It is more abundant in the northern half of the province but there are about 3 4 million hectares of privately owned forests in alberta that are pure or mixed. Trees with bipinnate leaves have leaves that resemble fern leaves.
Wholesale tree costs are to be used when calculating the unit tree cost. That s an area larger than sweden. This size reflects the availability and survivability of most species in the province of alberta. Trees that grow palmate leaves include horse chestnut and buckeye trees.
Trembling aspen commonly called white poplar is the most widely distributed wood species in north america and is a commercially important hardwood species that grows throughout alberta. Adding a shade tree to your front or backyard gives you no points for guessing some extra shade to stop your front room from becoming an oven when the. Unit tree cost calculation example. The wood from hardwood trees tends to be harder because the trees grow at a slower rate giving the wood its greater density.
Wood and uses black spruce is one of the most harvested trees in canada however it is generally not harvested in alberta. Sometimes we re hired to dig a little hole and put down roots for some of the best shade trees for alberta just to balance things out a little. Occurs throughout central and northern alberta in wetter areas usually in pure stands on muskeg but also mixed with lodgepole pine or white spruce in well drained mineral soils bordering muskeg sites. A 75mm caliper tree costs 375 00 the resulting unit tree cost would be.
You cannot harvest trees with a tm66 permit outside of the 10 forest areas. This page lists maps and conditions for the various forest areas in alberta where the tm66 tree cutting permit applies. Double pinnate bipinnate leaves. In fact alberta s boreal forest is 465 000 kilometres in size.
You will notice in pictures of double pinnate leaves that the compound leaves are made up of a number of secondary stems that have leaflets growing in an opposite arrangement. Hi guys i just found and joined the site reason i m here is i moved to alberta from ontario about a year and a half ago there seem to be no native hardwoods here and wonder if one could plant tree s like white and red oak walnut and sugar maple if so i would like to get a fair number of these trees to plant in a plot of some sort the area is near edmonton soil is usually dark and rich do you. One thing we albertans have in spades of are trees.