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!

Tree Species
Hardwoods
Black Cottonwood
Chinkapin
Oregon White Oak
Oregon Ash
Oregon Big Leaf Maple
Madrone
Yew
Wild Cherry
Alder
Walnut
Tanoak
Other:
Softwoods
Douglas Fir
Western Red Cedar
Incense Cedar
Port Orford Cedar
Ponderosa Pine
Sugar Pine
Western White Pine
Juniper
Pacific Silver Fir
Noble Fir
Other:
Medicinal
Aconite				Lungwort Lichen
Alum Root				Madrone
Angelica				Maidenhair Fern
Arnica				Manzanita
Balsam Poplar				Nettle
Baneberry				Oregon Grape
Bergamot Mint				Oxeye Daisy
Betony				Pearly Everlasting
Bleeding Heart				Peppermint
Blueberry				Red Cedar
Brook Mint				Red Root
Bunchberry				Salal
California Bayberry				Spearmint
California Spikenard				Stream Orchid
Devil's Club				Trillium
European Pennyroyal				Usnea (lichen)
False Solomon Seal				Uva Ursi (lichen)
Figwort				Valerian
Fireweed				Vanilla Leaf
Goldthread				Western Coltsfoot
Hawthorne				Western Skunk Cabbage
Hedge Nettle				Wild Ginger
Horehound				Witch Hazel
Horsetail				Yarrow
Hypericum				Yellow Pond Lilly
Lemon Balm				Yerba Buena
Licorice Fern
Floral Greens & Edibles
Floral Greens
Horsetail
Huckleberry
Moss
Oregon Grape
Pussy Willow
Salal
Scotch Broom
Sword Fern
White Pine
Western Red Cedar
Port Orford Cedar
Incense Cedar
Arborvitae
Other:
Edibles, Berries
Gooseberries
Blackberries
Red huckleberry
Black huckleberry
Red Elderberry
Blue Elderberry
Edibles, Mushrooms
Chanterelles
Matsutake
Morel
Truffle, Black
Truffle, White
Other: