Forestry ! Yeah !

FOREST !

hy, we want to introduce our self.
my name's dilla virna and my partner's rahmat hidayat.

we school in Forestry Vocational High School. Sesuai dgn nama sekolah kami, SKM Kehutanan Samarinda. Ya, kami begitu mencintai hutan. walaupun banyak perusak-perusak yang seharusnya di jebloskan ke dalam penjara. tp tidak apa, kami seorang forester yang akan menghijaukan hutan kami :D

GANBATE SMK KEHUTANAN SAMARINDA ESPECIALLY TO MY GENERATION, AGA <3  

kami akan membuka wawasan siapapun yang ingin melihat blog kami, kami harap siapapun yang melihat. tertarik dengan blog kami ini :)

A forest is best defined as an ecosystem or assemblage of ecosystems dominated by trees and other woody vegetation. 

Parts of a forest  

The living parts of a forest include trees, shrubs, vines, grasses and other herbaceous (non-woody) plants, mosses, algae, fungi, insects, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and microorganisms living on the plants and animals and in the soil.

These interact with one another and with the non-living part of the environment - including the soil, water, and minerals, to make up what we know as a forest.
 
How many trees make a forest?
Forests
(according to the U.S. National Vegetation Classification system) consist of trees with overlapping crowns forming 60% to 100% cover. Woodlands are more open, with 25% to 60% cover. 
Other classification systems recognize savannas, which are discussed in this Web site, as having widely spaced trees with anywhere from a minimum of 5 - 10 % cover to a maximum of 25 - 20% cover.
 
Many definitions of forest
Today, there are more than 250 definitions of the term "forest." These definitions differe based on the emphases or concerns of different people.
A legal definition is different from an ecological definition. The perspective of the economist differs from that of a geographer. All definitions stress the importance of trees in the system and include places where tree cover ranges from 5% to as high as 100%

Forest Structure

A forest has a distinct vertical structure. Within a healthy forest, there are recognizable layers of plants, from the soil to the treetops. Each of these layers is composed of one or more dominant types of plants. The interactive image below illulstrates the five layers that appear in most forests: the canopy, shrub, herbaceous, litter, and soil layers.

Why are there different forest types?
Not all forests are alike. In any geographic region, environmental and other factors partially determine what sort of plants will be present. Plants that can survive drought or fire, for example, will occur together in regions likely to experience drought and fire. 
Local environmental factors determine which individual species can live in a place. They also determine which different species can live there together. We recognize and classify these communities as distinct associations of different species within the broader region. 
For example, the broad-leaf, deciduous forest includes communities such as sand forests in Illinois that are dominated by scrubby oaks (black oak, blackjack oak) and black hickory, and the mesic upland forests are dominated by sugar maple.
How Forests are classified
Classification of forests is important for three reasons:
Classification

• defines the communities we are trying to preserve. 
• increases our understanding of them through space (the state) and time (from ancient times throught today). 
• allows us to describe these communities clearly so that we can communicate our ideas about them. 

Scientists characterize or describe forest types using: 

1. geography (e.g., southeastern forest, Great Lakes forest), 
2. climate (e.g., tropical, boreal), 
3. dominant vegetation (e.g., oak-hickory forest)
4. gross appearance (physiognomy)

sebenarnya msh banyak lg yg lainnya tentang kehutanan. tp kami hanya bisa memberi seperti ini dahulu :)