Non-timber forest products can be a fun way to interact with your woodland in between forest harvests, or as an alternative management objective.
If you are interested in producing non-timber forest products, the best place to start is by taking an inventory of your property and skills.
What are you good at? What resources do you already have? Equipment? Tree Species? Edible species? Medicinal species? Greenery species? Let this guide your decisions. The more of your current resources you can tap into, the less financial investment you will have to make. And the more you enjoy or are good at doing something, the more likely you are to succeed at it.
Property Inventory
For Non-timber Forest Products
Adopted from the Oregon Woodland Cooperative
Name:
Property Location:
1. When was you last timber cruise?
2. Last harvest?
3. When did you last update your management plan?
Personal Inventory
1. What are your personal skill sets? What are you good at? What do you enjoy doing? Do you have skills in marketing, or sales? Woodworking? Art?
2. What tools do you have? Equipment? Chainsaw, tractor, splitter, etc.
3. What are your office capabilities? Do you have a computer, printer, fax machine?
Are you interested in selling products?
If so, take into account these marketplace considerations:
1. Are others selling this product?
2. For how much?
3. Where?
4. Is there a need for this product in the market?
5. Is there room for you in the market place? How are you different from the competition?
6. Who is your target market?
Also: Consider putting together a simple business plan if you are planning on selling products.
Non-timber Forest Products Inventory
Below, you will find a good inventory of Pacific Northwest non-timber forest products.
In the boxes provided, describe what you have on your property in regards to each of the below listed species in detail, considering age, quality, quantity, etc. if you do not have the species or you do not know, write that.
This inventory can be a great first step to enjoying your forest beyond the timber value!
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Black Cottonwood |
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Chinkapin |
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Oregon White Oak |
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Oregon Ash |
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Oregon Big Leaf Maple |
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Madrone |
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Yew |
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Wild Cherry |
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Alder |
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Walnut |
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Tanoak |
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Softwoods |
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Douglas Fir |
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Western Red Cedar |
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Incense Cedar |
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Port Orford Cedar |
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Ponderosa Pine |
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Sugar Pine |
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Western White Pine |
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Juniper |
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Pacific Silver Fir |
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Noble Fir |
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Medicinal |
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Aconite |
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Lungwort Lichen |
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Alum Root |
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Madrone |
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Angelica |
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Arnica |
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Manzanita |
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Nettle |
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Baneberry |
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Oregon Grape |
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Betony |
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Pearly Everlasting |
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Bleeding Heart |
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Blueberry |
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Red Cedar |
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Brook Mint |
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Red Root |
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Bunchberry |
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Salal |
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California Bayberry |
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Spearmint |
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California Spikenard |
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Stream Orchid |
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Devil's Club |
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Trillium |
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European Pennyroyal |
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Usnea (lichen) |
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False Solomon Seal |
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Figwort |
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Valerian |
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Fireweed |
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Goldthread |
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Western Coltsfoot |
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Hawthorne |
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Hedge Nettle |
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Wild Ginger |
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Horehound |
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Horsetail |
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Yarrow |
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Hypericum |
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Lemon Balm |
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Yerba Buena |
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Floral Greens |
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Horsetail |
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Huckleberry |
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Moss |
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Oregon Grape |
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Pussy Willow |
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Salal |
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Scotch Broom |
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Sword Fern |
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White Pine |
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Western Red Cedar |
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Port Orford Cedar |
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Incense Cedar |
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Arborvitae |
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Gooseberries |
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Blackberries |
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Red huckleberry |
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Black huckleberry |
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Red Elderberry |
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Blue Elderberry |
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Chanterelles |
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Matsutake |
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Morel |
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Truffle, Black |
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Truffle, White |
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