Attachment A- Glossary.pdf

Attachment A: GLOSSARY

1. BEST MANAGEMNT PRACTICE (BMP) – A practice or combination of practices (as described in Water Quality Management for Forest System Lands in California, Best Management Practices, September 200) determined to be the most effective, practical means of preventing or reducing pollution from no-point sources to a level compatible with water quality goals.

2. CLEAN WATER – Water having low turbidity (less than 5.0 NTU) low to moderate hardness (less than 150 ppm CACO3) and an acid PH (less than 7.0). It must be visibly clear and free of all foreign material, soil particles and organic matter including but not limited to silt, sand, sediment, algae, and vegetative debris.

3. CONIFER – A live tree with needle shapes or scaled leaves.

4. COMPETING VEGETATION – All plants that are competing with planted or natural trees for water, nutrients and space. Includes herbaceous, wood plants and non-native invasive plants. Does not include sensitive, threatened and endangered plants.

5. CONTRCATOR’S FOREMAN/SAFETY OFFICER/INSPECTOR – These roles may be done by one or more individuals. The Foreman is responsible for contract compliance. The Safety Officer will scout ahead and warn the crew of hazards and serve as a lookout for unsafe weather conditions. The Safety Officer shall also, at a minimum, measure wind speed every two hours or more often during periods of increasing wind activity and record these measurements for the Government’s inspection. The Contractor’s Foreman/Inspectors shall follow a systematic sampling process developed by the Contractor that is acceptable to the Government that tests the Contractor’s work against the Contractor’s Quality Control Plan and the Governments Quality Assurance Plan.

6. DRIP LINE - The line where moisture dripping from the extremities of a living tree's crown strikes the ground.

7. EXCULSION AREAS – Designated areas within or adjacent to treatment units where no planting will occur.

8. EXCESS TREE - Seedlings that are planted in excess of the maximum allowable seedlings per plot. Contractor shall correct as necessary.

9. GRUBBING – The cutting of specified vegetation below the ground at a specified distance below the surface within a specific distance from the planted and natural conifers.

10. GRUB CIRCLE – A circle with a specified radius that is centered on planted and natural conifers from which all vegetation shall be grubbed except the selected leave tree(s).

11. HERBACEOUS VEGETATION – Any plant that does not develop persistent woody tissue above ground, i.e., grasses, forbs, ferns, mountain rose, snowberry, and poodle brush for example. Sensitive plants, identified at the Post Award Conference are not considered to be herbaceous vegetation for this contract.

12. HERBICIDE – The concentrate before mixing occurs.

13. HERBICIDE MIXTURE – The mixed herbicide, water, surfactant, and dye.

14. INVASIVE WEEDS – Those plants identified by the Forest Service as non-native and invasive.

15. JOB HAZRD ANALYSIS – A summary of the hazards within the project and the limits when work will be suspended for various hazardous conditions.

16. MINERAL SOIL - The state of soil where humus and large organic matter are not present.

17. PAY ITEM – A planting Item in which inspection plots are averaged together for the purpose of determining planting quality.

18. PLANTABLE SPOT - An area from which vegetation, ash, duff, snow, and debris have been or can be removed to moist mineral soil, and a tree seedling can be planted according to specifications.

19. ROOT COLLAR - The portion of the seedling stem where the cotyledon scar is located.

20. ROOT CROWN – The transition zone between stem and root usually located at or just below the ground surface.

21. SATISFACTORILY PLANTED SEEDLING - A seedling planted in full accordance with all planting specifications set forth in this contract.

22. SCALP – A cleared area within a plantable spot in which a planting hole is created. All chips, bark, snow, ash, duff, sod, dry soil, crowns of living plants, roots and other material shall be removed to expose moist mineral soil.

23. SHADE ANCHORING – Shade material placed uphill from a planted seedling shall be anchored to prevent damage to seedling. Anchoring include blocking material from rolling, orient material placement to prevent rolling, propping material against the shade material to prevent movement, and/or partially burying shade material to prevent movement.

24. SUITABLE EXISTING TREE - A Jeffrey pine, ponderosa pine, sugar pine, Coulter pine, grey pine, ponderosa pine, big cone Douglas-fir or incense cedar without any visible defects or damage, and a height of 6 inches or greater; any oak 3 feet or greater in height.

25. TOP - That portion of the seedling exposed above normal ground line.

26. UNIT BOUNDARY - The perimeter of the planting unit as indicated on the Forest Service GPS file.

27. UNPLANTABLE SPOT - An area within the specified limits in which it is not possible to plant a seedling according to the specifications.

28. UNSATISFACTORILY PLANTED SEEDLING - A planted seedling, which does not meet one or more of the specifications in this contract.

29. WASTED SEEDLING - Seedlings which are lost, damaged, destroyed, or handled contrary to the specifications for care of seedlings.

30. WOODY VEGETATION – Vegetation over 1 inch in height that has stems and branches that are composed of a hard, fibrous substance.

31. WOODY STUMP SPROUTS – Woody vegetation which consists of dead stems that have sprouted new vegetation from the plant’s stump or original roots system.

32. UNIT – A polygon on the map that has a distinct number or letter designation.