Water Quality
An area adjacent from a body of water.
What is a riparian area?
Measuring tree qualities for timber appraisal.
What is timber cruising?
Planned and controlled application of fire used for specific land management objectives.
What is prescribed fire?
State tree for Tennessee
What is Tulip Poplar?
A species that occurs naturally in an area without huma intervention.
What is native species?
Holds the soil together and/or filter pollutants.
What is roots?
Tool used by foresters to carry all of their field gear.
What is cruising vest?
Tool used to carry necessary tools and gear while on the fire line.
What is fire pack?
Tree species significant due to its adaptability.
What is Southern Red Oak?
Causes harm to the environment by outcompeting native species for resources.
What is invasive species?
An area of land that drains into a common outlet.
What is a watershed?
Tool used to estimate trunk diameter as well at tree height.
What is biltmore stick?
Tool used to intentionally ignite fires by dripping fuel on the ground.
What is drip torch?
Tree species that provides numerous wildlife benefits.
What is White Oak?
This invasive plant grows rapidly from tubers, also known as "the vine that ate the south"
What is Kudzu?
Vegetation is dense and diverse in this part of the riparian area.
What is the stream bank?
Tool used to determine basal area of trees in point sampling.
What is basal area factor prism?
Worn by the firefighter to prevent injury on the fire line.
What is personal protective equipment?
Tree species that is the most vital timber resource in Tennessee.
What is Loblolly Pine?
This invasive plant forms an impenetrable thicket.
What is chinese privet?
Plant communities in riparian areas are described in these two ways.
What is distinctly different or more vigorous growth?
Tool used to determine merchantable and total tree height.
What is clinometer?
Tool used to create fire breaks and prevent reignition of fire.
What is pulaski?
Tree species that has provided jobs in rural communities.
What is White Oak?
This invasive plant was brought over to aid in resistance to fire blight and has a fishy smell when in bloom.
What is callery pear?