Term | Main definition |
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fallow | A woody vegetation resulting from the clearing of natural forest for shifting agriculture. It is an intermediate class between forest and non-forest land uses. Part of the area which is not under cultivation may have the appearance of a secondary forest. |
fast growing species | |
fauna | All species of animals found in a given area. |
fiber saturation point | The moisture content at which the cell walls are saturated with water (bound water) and no water is held in the cell cavities (free water) by capillary forces. |
fiberboard | A generic term for sheet materials of widely varying densities manufactured of refined or partially refined wood or lignocellulosic fiber with the primary bond derived from the interfelting of fibers. |
figure | The pattern produced in wood surface by annual growth rings, rays, knots, deviations from regular grain such as interlocked and wavy grain, and irregular coloration |
filler | An additive used with adhesives to modify bonding characteristics of a resin mix. |
finished market product | A lumber product in relatively finished from, with little or no further processing anticipated. |
fire retardant | A chemical or preparation of chemicals used to reduce flammability or to retard spread of fire over the surface. |
firewood | Wood intended for use as fuel. |
flake | Small wood particle of predetermined or uniformed thickness produced by cutting across the direction of the grain. |
flitch | |
flora | All species of plants found in a given area, including ferns, lycopods and mosses. |
fodders | Coarse grasses such as maize and sorghum, shrubs, trees, harvested with the seed and leaves green or live, cured and used as feed for livestock or game animals and ruminants. |
forage | Browse and herbage that is available either naturally or produced seasonally or annually on a given area or range that can provide food for gazing animals or be harvested for feeding. |