Lesson 1 Quiz: Mapping Your Forest

Lesson 1 Quiz: Mapping Your Forest Quiz

Which of the following best describes a stand:
1. Any group of 2 or more trees
2. A group of trees of similar age
3. A manageable unit of the forest
4. Any group of similar trees
Which of the following characteristics would be used to differentiate between stands?
1. Species composition
2. Age
3. Soils and terrain
4. Any of the above
Suppose you have a 20-acre stand of conifers. In the middle of this stand is a small (less than 1/4 acre) area of hardwoods around a seasonal spring. The area is too small to manage by itself, but it is very different from the surrounding coniferous vegetation. Should it be treated as a separate stand?
1. Yes
2. No
Suppose you are looking at an aerial photo of your property. You notice two distinct areas that have different color and texture. What should you do next?
1. Compare the aerial photo with a different aerial photo from another source to see if the differences show up on both.
2. Conclude that the differences you observe means that they are two different stands.
3. Ignore the differences, as you cannot tell stand boundaries from a photo
4. Identify the different areas as possibly being two different stands and look at the areas on the ground for confirmation
Suppose you overlay your 40-acre property with an acreage grid and count a total of 142 squares. 53 of these squares fall in a given stand. What is the approximate acreage of that stand?
1. 10
2. 12
3. 15
4. 18