Forestry Vocabulary

1. when filled with water, this hand-operated pump can be used to extinguish small areas of burning grass.
6. used to flatten leaves and other plant parts for preservation as part of a collection.
7. used to electronically store data in the field for transfer to a computer back in the office.
8. used to mark utility line locations, plot corners, etc.
10. made with specially woven fibers designed to burst apart upon contact with a chain, protecting the user’s legs from injury.
12. used to help estimate the spacing of trees and determine if thinning or other practices are needed.
14. used to fell trees, prune branches, and cut up logs.
15. measures bark thickness by driving the cutting edge through bark until wood is reached. The guard is slid against tree or log and bark thickness is read directly off the scale.
16. used for raking fire lines to mineral soil, digging, rolling burning logs and cutting grass, small brush or saplings.
17. protects wearer’s eyes while working in conditions where airborne particles are likely.
19. used to measure tree diameter as well as ground distance; recoils back into case when released.
22. measures the height of trees and can also be used to measure slope.
23. used to widen fuel breaks by burning out fuels between the break and the oncoming fire.
24. used for or smothering fires in grass, straw and low weeds.
25. used to determine acreage from aerial photo or map.

2. used to measure wind speed and direction, humidity, and temperature, often worn on a belt.
3. used to navigate to known locations and to determine one’s location.
4. used to measure logs and determine board foot volume.
5. used to calculate acreage by dot count on any map or photo, regardless of the scale.
9. utilizes orbiting satellites to determine exact latitude/longitude position.
11. used to roll and position logs.
12. when wrapped around the trunk of a tree, provides readings of tree’s diameter (D=circumference/pi).
13. protects wearer’s head from falling material.
18. used to determine water velocity in streams.
20. used to determine soil properties such as pH and the relative abundance of various minerals.
21. used to measure heights of trees, slopes, and vertical angles.