These definitions are to be used only for the purpose of this report and
should not be construed as legal definitions.
| Agricultural Crop Residue |
Means plant material from agricultural sources. The
material remaining or left on the field site after the products are
harvested |
| Agricultural Wood |
This is wood derived from whole orchard removal and pruning harvested
annually. |
| Board Foot |
The amount of timber equivalent to a piece of wood 12 inches
square and 1 inch thick. |
| BTU (British Thermal Unit) |
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1
pound of water 1 degree Fahrenheit. |
| Chapparral |
These are an ecological community composed of heavily
branched shrub plants adapted to dry summers and moist winters that occur especially
in Southern California. It is generally less than 15 feet tall and
usually evergreen. |
| Forest |
A complex community of plants and animals in which trees are
the most conspicuous members. A mixed forest includes both
coniferous and deciduous trees. |
| Forest Wood Waste |
These materials in the form of forest slash, mill residues
(i.e. sawdust, bark and slab wood) logs, limbs, stumps, and brush that are
not marketable for fiber or lumber products. |
| Fodder |
Something fed to domestic animals (i.e. coarse food for
cattle, horses, or sheep.) |
| Environmental Mitigation |
As used in this report, means the use of materials,
such as rice straw, for erosion control and fire rehabilitation, or other
remedial uses. |
| Lumber |
Means processed Wood for building, manufacturing,
landscaping, packaging, and processed wood from demolitions. |
| Miscellaneous Agricultural Wastes |
These are waste materials generated in the processing of
olives, almonds, prunes, peaches, and many others. These materials
include nut shells, grape and olive pomace and stone fruit pits. |
| Lumber |
Means processed wood for building, manufacturing,
landscaping, packaging, and processed wood from demolition. |
| Miscellaneous Agricultural Wastes |
These are waste materials generated in the processing of olives,
almonds, prunes, peaches, a nd many others. These materials include
nut shells, grape and olive pomace and stone fruit pits. |
| Off-Farm Alternatives |
Means the use of an agricultural waste off-site of the farm
property for use in energy conversion, manufacturing and construction
products, environmental mitigation, and livestock feed. |
| On-Farm alternative |
Means the alternative use of an agricultural waste on-site
of the farm property (i.e. other than burning), which is typically
incorporated into the soil. |
| Prunings and Trimmings |
Means woody plant material from any public or private
landscape. This category includes prunings, shrubs, and small
branches. |
| Pulpwood |
Wood cut and prepared for manufacture into wood pulp,
commonly used in the manufacture of paper, oriented strand board,
hardboard and other wood products. |
| Ruminant |
The act characterized by chewing again what has been
swallowed as with cattle, sheep, etc. |
| Silivculture |
The science and art of cultivating forest crops based on
knowledge of the life history and general characteristics of forest trees
and on the varying factors at particular sites. |
| Slash |
The residue left on the ground after harvesting timer,
including branches and limbs, which enrich the soil as they decompose and
provide habitat for a variety of wildlife species. |
| Stands |
Trees of a particular species and age growing in a specific
area as a collective unity. |
| Stover |
The dried Stalks of cereal crops. |
| Timber |
A general term for forest crops and stands containing trees
of commercial size and quality suitable for sawing into lumber. |
| Woodpulp |
Wood fiber separated by mechanical or chemical mean s used
to make paper and other products. |
