…uce a forecast index for five days ahead. Fire lines – creating vegetation free line of approx 5-6 metres in width around the outer edge of a plantation to prevent the entry of ground fires. Water reservoirs – locating reservoirs at strategic points in larger forests to supply water when no suitable local sources are available. Planting of larch which due to its light crown can prevent the spread fire in conifer stands. Loosing a plantation to fir…
…oots systems are extensive enough to provide good stability. Poor planting practice where the roots are badly deformed can compound this effect. Once toppled, trees attempt to grow upright and in doing so the main stem develops a curve in the lower section known as basal sweep. This causes difficulties in harvesting; and also, as the lower section is the most valuable part of the tree, the timber value of a crop can be significantly reduced. OLDER…
…Product produced Location MasoniteIreland Fibre board door facings Carrick-on-Shannon,County Leitrim MediteEurope Medium Density Fibreboard(MDF) Clonmel, County Tipperary SmartPlyEurope Oriented StrandBoard (OSB) Slieverue, Co. Kilkenny In 2011 the Irish wood-based panel sector had a combined output of 736,000 cubic metres which was produced from 1.29 million cubic metres of wood fibre. The panel-board sector is strongly export orientated and in…
…them vulnerable to damage by frosts and winter cold. In introducing new non-native species into Irish forestry it was essential that the early foresters test the species adaptability before planting them on a wide scale. There are considerable differences in phenology (bud break and dormancy) both between and within species and foresters can use this to their advantage. For example, Norway spruce is a late flushing species which can be planted on…
…rag trees; hanging trees; military trees (planted in military formation to commemorate battles); those of exceptional girth, height or age; any associated with historical events, people or structures; and those which are important to a community. Many heritage trees are endangered for various reasons such as neglect, lack of knowledge on preservation, threats from urban development, intensive agriculture etc. Existing legislative measures aimed at…
…the oaks. Edenderry, the hill brow of the oak wood. Glencullen, ( cuillion) holly glen Kildare, (Cill-dara), the cell or church of the oak. Kylemore, (Coill-mhor), great wood. Lough Derravara, (Loch-Dairbhreach), lake of the oaks. Moycullen, the plain of the oaks. Newry, (ancient name Iubhar-cinn-tragha), the yew at the hard of the strand. Portumna, (Port-omna), the landing place of the oak. RossCarberey, (ancient name Ros-ailithir) the wood of t…
…Ireland’s native trees Native Irish Trees INTRODUCED SPECIES Irish forests comprise mostly non-native tree species which have been deliberately introduced by man over the last 200-300 years. These species have proven to be more productive than native species particularly on wet, infertile and exposed sites. Conifer species from the coastal regions of Washington and Oregon in Northwest America, which have a similar climate to Ireland, have proven t…
…the lines of Conor, son of Eoin. It was up to later Christian scholars to commit Irish lore to paper. The alphabet itself originally comprised one group of vowels and three groups of consonants. Each group or aicme contained five letters, bringing the total number of letters in the alphabet to twenty. The letters themselves were made up of one to five lines stemming from or crossing a central line or axis, usually the edge of a stone. After a whi…