Talk:Tree plantation

Proposed merge of Tree farm into Tree plantation
More global term, the American Tree Farm System should be split out into its own article pert the talk page discussion, and merge the climate impacts into the main article on tree plantations. Sadads (talk) 14:18, 23 July 2021 (UTC)


 * I (a Brit) had never heard of a tree farm before. So if I understand right what Americans call "old growth forest" cannot be a "tree farm"? In general there are too many forest and woodland articles I think - so certainly some should be merged. But I don't understand tree farms well enough to say for this merger discussion. Chidgk1 (talk) 17:48, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

My understanding is that the terms Tree farm and Tree plantations are one and the same. However looking at both articles, tree farm is more about the American Tree Farm System, which is already on the page for the Private landowner assistance program. The article tree farm is repetitive and between the two articles(tree farm and tree plantation) tree plantation is a stronger article. I would merge the American Tree Farm System onto another page.MerryMatt (talk) 10:30, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
 * An "old-growth forest" differs from a tree farm(plantation) in density and organization of the tree growth, human interaction, and presence of a natural ecosystem. The old-growth forest will have little to no human interaction, will contain a random and uncontrolled density and organization in the forest, and will contain a full ecosystem to sustain itself. This is opposed to a tree farm(plantation) where you should find that the trees are grown like crops in the field spaced and placed to maximize yield, tree farms (plantation) will often rely on human/farmer interaction to keep the trees healthy and happy. MerryMatt (talk) 10:30, 8 November 2021 (UTC)


 * A tree plantation, forest plantation, plantation forest or timber plantation is a forest planted for high volume production of wood, usually by planting one type of tree as a monoculture forest.  A pine plantation in the United States Plantation forestry a high volume of wood in a short period of time. Plantations are grown by state forestry authorities (for example, the Forestry Commission in Britain) and/or the paper and wood industries and other private landowners (such as Weyerhaeuser, Rayonier and Sierra Pacific Industries in the United States or Asia Pulp & Paper in Indonesia). Christmas trees are often grown on plantations, and in southern and southeastern Asia, teak plantations have recently replaced the natural forest.


 * A tree plantation, forest plantation, plantation forest or timber plantation is a forest planted for high volume production of wood, usually by planting one type of tree as a monoculture forest.


 * A pine plantation in the United States Plantation forestry a high volume of wood in a short period of time. Plantations are grown by state forestry authorities (for example, the Forestry Commission in Britain) and/or the paper and wood industries and other private landowners (such as Weyerhaeuser, Rayonier and Sierra Pacific Industries in the United States or Asia Pulp & Paper in Indonesia). Christmas trees are often grown on plantations, and in southern and southeastern Asia, teak plantations have recently replaced the natural forest. 2409:4065:E81:79F7:0:0:3CC8:8213 (talk) 11:53, 26 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Repurpose (slightly) Tree Farm to be US-only, taking some to Tree plantation if appropriate. Johnbod (talk) 12:53, 27 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Merge Does not look like tree farm article will be expanded much. Chidgk1 (talk) 13:04, 12 April 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 18:01, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

How does this article interlink with reforestation?
I've just moved a text block that deals with forest plantations from deforestation to reforestation. But I wonder if it should rather be moved to here, or if it should also be copied to here. The section in question is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforestation#Forest_plantations. I also wonder tp what extent new tree plantations count as "reforestation" (and if this comes out clearly in both articles)? EMsmile (talk) 21:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)