Seed and Vegetative Material Guidebook

April 1995

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Update #4 - September 1999
Update #3 - September 1998
Update #2 - September 1997
Update #1 - May 1996

Authority:

British Columbia Ministry of Forests Act

Forest Act

Tree Cone, Seed and Vegetative Material Regulation

Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act


Section 70(4)(c)

Silviculture Practices Regulation

Table of Contents

Introduction

Authority

Definitions

Cone, seed and vegetative material planning

Principles of cone, seed and vegetative material planning
Seed planning zones of B.C.
Sources of seed and vegetative material


Natural stands or plantations
Seed orchards
Vegetative material production facilities


Collection of cones, seed and vegetative material

Cone and vegetative material collection permits
Cone collection reports
Cone collection guidelines


Natural stand cone and seed
Superior provenances
Seed orchard seed
Vegetative material


Registration of seed and vegetative material

Application for registration of seedlots
Cone and seed quality standards
Vegetative material


Storage of seed required by a prescription

Selection of seed and vegetative material

Seedling requests
Use of the best genetic quality material


Genetic class
Genetic worth


Use of resistant material for forest health concerns


Transferring seed and vegetative material

Variances to the transfer guidelines


Provincial seed and vegetative material transfer guidelines

Transfer guidelines for natural stand or plantation provenances


Coastal seed planning zones
Interior seed planning zones


Transfer guidelines for superior provenances


Lodgepole pine superior provenances
Interior spruce superior provenances
Sitka spruce superior provenances


Transfer guidelines for exotic provenances
Transfer guidelines for seed orchard seed


Coastal seed orchards
Interior seed orchards


Transfer guidelines for vegetative material from production facilities


Keeping records of seed and propagules

Appendices

Appendix 1. References
Appendix 2. Forms
Appendix 3. Seed planning zone boundaries
Appendix 4. BGC units within each coastal seed planning zone

Tables

1. Origins for lodgepole pine superior provenances
   
2. Origins for interior spruce superior provenances
   
3. Origins for Sitka spruce superior provenances
   
4. Transfer limits for coastal natural stand or plantation provenances
   
5. Transfer limits for interior natural stand or plantation provenances
   
6. Transfer limits for lodgepole pine superior provenances
   
7. Transfer limits for interior spruce superior provenances
   
8. Transfer limits for Sitka spruce superior provenances
   
9. Transfer limits for some coastal seed orchards
   
10. Transfer limits for some interior seed orchards
    

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