Study Guide

Objective

The student
- is aware of regional differences in forestry in different parts of Swedish-speaking Finland
- knows the methods and conditions for the cultivation of broadleaf and mixed forests
- can identify the most important foreign tree species and their production conditions
- can provide pruning advice
- knows how different kinds of forest fertilisation methods can be used to raise or secure growth in a stock
- can combine the production of timber with the production of wood energy and understands the impact on the balance of nutrition
- can follow-up forest management work

Content

Cultivation of silver birch and curly birch
Cultivation of alder, hybrid aspen and larch
Production conditions for the most important exotic conifers
Cultivation of noble leave trees
Pests on ash and elm
Revitalization fertilization
Fertilization on peatlands
Fertilization in connection with the extraction of energy wood
Fertilization with helicopter

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

Forest regeneration
Stand management