Missouri FFA Forestry CDE

Air Pollution

Armillaria Root Rot

Asian Longhorned Beetle

Heart Rot

Stem Canker

Cedar-Apple Gall Rust

Cicada Damage

Climatic Tree Injury

Emerald Ash Borer

Gypsy Moth

Herbicide Damage

Hypoxylon Canker

Equipment Damage

Lightning Damage

Oak Wilt

Pine Shoot Beetle

Pine Nematode

Pine Sawfly

Tree Scale

Sunscald

Tent Caterpillars

Thousand Canker

Wildlife tree damage

Slime Flux

Wood Borer

Backpack Water Pump

Used to put out hot spots and mop-up work after fires.

Bark Gage

Used to measure bark thickness of trees.

Peavey-Canthook

Sometimes called a peavey. Used to roll logs.

Chain saw

Used for brush and tree removal and cleanup.

Chainsaw Chaps

Filled with a fiber to stop a chainsaw, required for safety of the saw operator.

Clinometer

Used to measure slope and tree heights.

Data Recorder

Used to record data in the field during timber cruising or compass and pacing figures.

Diameter Tape

Measure around the tree to determine its diameter.

Drip Torch

Used to set back fires for fighting forest fires and prescribed burns.

Broom Rake

GPS Unit

Hand Held Global Positioning Satellite Reciever. Used when setting up logging plots and mapping areas.

Compass

A device to record a precise bearing or azimuth to a given target or to determine a location.

Increment Borer

Used to take core samples from trees to determine growth rate.

Scale Stick

Used to measure log diameter to figure board foot volume.

Pulaski-Forester Axe

Axe on one end and hoe on the other end.

Safety Glasses

Eeye protection is required on almost every job site.

Hard Hat

For personal safety.

Stereoscope

Used to read topographic maps, gives a 3-D view.

Tally Meter.

Used to tally or record the number of something. Steps taken. Trees counted.

Tree Caliper

Used to measure tree diameters.

Tree Marking Gun

Used to mark trees with paint for harvest.

Tree Planting Hoe or Bar

Used for planting seedlings after fires or logging.

Biltmore Stick

Used to measure tree height, diameter and board foot volume.

Wedge Prism

Used to determine during timber cruising to determine if tees are in or out of the plot.

Cruising Vest

Hand Pruners

Loppers

Sling Psychrometer

Measures wet bulb temperature

Hearing Protection

Protect ears

Pruning Saw

sugar maple (Acer saccharum)

silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

red maple (Acer rubrum)

boxelder (Acer negundo)

flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)

Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra)

white oak (Quercus alba)

post oak (Quercus stellata)

bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)

chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii)

pin oak (Quercus palustris)

black oak (Quercus velutina)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)

shingle oak (Quercus imbricaria)

black walnut (Juglans nigra)

pecan (Carya illinoensis)

shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)

mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosa)

bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)

American elm (Ulmus Americana)

slippery elm (Ulmus rubra)

hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

American basswood (Tilia americana)

baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)

American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)

black cherry (Prunus serotina)

black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)

blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica)

downy serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)

eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides)

eastern redbud (Cercis candensis)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)

hawthorn (Crataegus spp.)

Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus)

Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera)

pawpaw (Asimina triloba)

persimmon (Diospyros virgininia)

sassafras (Sassafras albidum)

red mulberry (Morus rubra)

river birch (Betula nigra)

shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata)

willow (Salix spp.)

Black Oak