Ohio FFA Forestry Career Development Event Identification Lists

Vocabulary flashcards covering the official tree species, forestry tools, Stihl chainsaw parts, safety equipment, and forest health problems for the Ohio FFA Forestry Career Development Event (Revised 7/16).

Abney level

An instrument listed under Equipment Identification in the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

Altimeter

A height-measuring tool categorized under Equipment Identification in the Ohio FFA Forestry list.

Backpack fire pump

A firefighting water delivery tool listed under Equipment Identification in the Ohio FFA Forestry event.

Clinometer

A slope- and height-measuring tool included under Equipment Identification in the Ohio FFA Forestry list.

Densiometer

A canopy measurement tool categorized under Equipment Identification in the Ohio FFA Forestry event.

Drip torch

A firing device included under the Equipment Identification section of the Ohio FFA Forestry list.

Feller buncher

A mechanized timber harvesting machine listed under Equipment Identification in the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

Increment borer

A specialized tree coring tool listed under Equipment Identification in the Ohio FFA Forestry event.

Lightening Protection

A specialized tree preservation system listed under Equipment Identification in the Ohio FFA Forestry event list.

Peavy/Cant hook

A log handling tool included under Equipment Identification in the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

Pulski-forester axe

A dual-purpose wildland firefighting axe tool listed under Equipment Identification in the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

Relaskop

A multipurpose forest inventory instrument listed under Equipment Identification in the Ohio FFA Forestry list.

Wedge prism

An optical forest sampling device categorized under Equipment Identification in the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

Stihl

The manufacturer whose official parts list is specified as the reference for the Chainsaw Parts section of the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

Bumper spike

A chainsaw component listed under Chainsaw Parts (referencing Stihl) in the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

Chain brake

A critical safety mechanism listed under Chainsaw Parts in the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

Decompression valve

An engine starting component listed under Chainsaw Parts in the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

Oilomatic saw chain

A specific proprietary saw chain listed under Chainsaw Parts in the Ohio FFA Forestry event list.

Throttle trigger interlock

A throttle control safety component listed under Chainsaw Parts in the Ohio FFA Forestry list.

Boots (Kevlar)

Protective cut-resistant footwear listed under Chainsaw Safety Equipment in the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

Chaps

Protective leg wear included under Chainsaw Safety Equipment in the Ohio FFA Forestry list.

Dead Falls

A hazardous timber felling condition listed under Chainsaw Safety Equipment in the Ohio FFA Forestry event.

Felling Path

A planned directional safety route listed under Chainsaw Safety Equipment in the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

1000 Cankerous Disease

A tree health condition included under the Tree and Forest Problems list in the Ohio FFA Forestry event.

Chestnut Blight

A major tree disease categorized under Tree and Forest Problems in the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

Dutch elm’s disease

A vascular wilt disease listed under Tree and Forest Problems in the Ohio FFA Forestry event list.

Emerald ash borer

An invasive wood-boring insect pest listed under Tree and Forest Problems in the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

Girdling roots

A root defect problem categorized under Tree and Forest Problems in the Ohio FFA Forestry list.

Hemlock Wooly Adelgid

An insect pest affecting conifers listed under Tree and Forest Problems in the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

Tree of Heaven

A plant appearing under both Tree Identification on Page 1 and Tree and Forest Problems on Page 2 of the Ohio FFA Forestry list.

Wetwood or slime flux

A bacterial trunk condition included on the Tree and Forest Problems list in the Ohio FFA Forestry CDE.

Windthrow

A form of abiotic forest damage listed under Tree and Forest Problems in the Ohio FFA Forestry event.