arborist
Canopy care specialist
An arborist is a specialist in the care and maintenance of trees—pruning, disease treatment, removal, and risk assessment.
The term is more technical than tree surgeon and implies professional training: We hired an arborist to evaluate the oak's health.
Arborists work for municipalities, utilities, and private clients.
Cutting vegetation for health
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- chainsawMotor-driven cutting tool
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
thinning · deadwood · cabling · bracing · removal · topping · pollarding · coppicing
Sheds foliage seasonally
- coniferousProducing woody cones
- evergreenRetains foliage year-round
- hardwoodDense deciduous timber
- softwoodConiferous tree lumber
sapling · rootstock · canopy · branch · trunk · bark · crown · foliage
Maintaining something's condition
- protectionGuarding against harm
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
wildlife · sustainability · stewardship · ordinance · permit · inventory · planning · greenbelt
Identification of illness
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- pestHarmful creature or nag
- fungusSpore-bearing organism
- blightPlant disease causing decay
rot · infestation · treatment · fertilization · soil · root · aeration · mulching
Placing seeds in earth
- nurseryRoom for infants
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- propagationAct of spreading widely
cultivar · selection · establishment · staking · watering · spacing · training
pruning
Cutting vegetation for health
- climbingAscending by physical effort
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- chainsawMotor-driven cutting tool
harness · thinning · deadwood · cabling · bracing · removal · topping · pollarding · coppicing · loppers
deciduous
Sheds foliage seasonally
- coniferousProducing woody cones
- evergreenRetains foliage year-round
- hardwoodDense deciduous timber
softwood · sapling · rootstock · canopy · branch · trunk · bark · crown · foliage · specimen
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- protectionGuarding against harm
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
habitat · wildlife · sustainability · stewardship · ordinance · permit · inventory · planning · greenbelt · restoration
diagnosis
Identification of illness
blight · rot · infestation · treatment · fertilization · soil · root · aeration · mulching · injection
planting
Placing seeds in earth
- nurseryRoom for infants
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
propagation · cultivar · selection · establishment · staking · watering · spacing · training
- forestry jobsforester, lumberjack, logger, faller, fallers
- occupationsdoctor, teacher, baker, lawyer, nurse
- arboretumoak tree, maple tree, pine tree, elm tree, birch tree
- public workerscivil servant, firefighter, mail carrier, police officer, social worker
- specialistsanalyst, consultant, technician, cardiologist, dermatologist
- Tree Plantingsapling, seedling, planting, transplanting, root ball
arboristlogger
One who fells trees
lumberjack · sawyer · woodcutter · developer