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The Commercial Redwood Forest
The commercial redwood forests tend to be different in nature from the parklands. These forests are seldom 100% redwood; typically, they are a mixture which can include redwood, Douglas fir, white fir, hemlock and hardwoods.
The other major difference between the two types of forests is that today's commercial forests are predominantly young growth. These are privately-owned lands where redwood mills and tree farmers have planted and grown redwood trees specifically to be harvested. Less that 8% of today's redwood lumber production comes from virgin old growth forests. The redwood industry is relying on young growth timber for the bulk of its production.
Land that can sustain and nurture redwood trees is extremely valuable, and the private owners take good care of this resource. Five major companies in the redwood region operate tree nurseries with a total output of more than 13 million seedlings annually —4.5 million of them redwoods6 —to support their reforestation programs, and the productivity of all industrial redwood land is fully maintained after harvest. State law requires it and good business practice dictates it.
The species' own tenacity probably does even more to regenerate the redwood forest than the planting of seedlings. Redwood is the only softwood in the country that sprouts from stumps. These new young trees grow quickly, thriving on the existing, mature root system. In some areas, early pioneers were actually unable to clear redwood forests to make pasture land. The trees kept returning in spite of all their efforts.
Today, California's Forest Practice Act, the strictest in the nation, requires that every harvest operation must be reviewed in advance and approved by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. If an adequate number of trees are not left on the harvest site to make up the new forest, state law requires the landowner to replant to assure that a new stand is established. The law further requires the State Board of Forestry "…to provide for protection of soil, air, fish and wildlife, and water resources."
The commercial redwood forest is home to many species of birds, fish and mammals. Redwood lumber companies employ biologists to study these animals in the ever-changing habitat of the growing forest. So, in addition to planting and growing hundreds of thousands of acres of trees, the companies in the Redwood Region conduct a variety of wildlife and fisheries enhancement programs, many of them in cooperation with the California Department of Fish and Game.
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Making TREES grow super fast. Is it possible?
I'm buying a house soon, & likely will have the usual flat ugly square of grass for a backyard.
I want to create a forest basically, with Dawn Redwoods, Coast Redwoods, Pines, Cedars, etc., but I don't want to wait 10 years to get decent sized trees.
Is there any way to REALLY accelerate the growth of these trees?
What the hell is "10 10 10 "???
You could pay more to plant larger trees. Other than that you have to deal with Mother Nature. However... I one time got two red oak seedlings. One I planted in a row with some 12' pines. The other I planted in an open yard. The one in the pines, seeking sunshine, grew ten times faster than the one in the yard.
