tree surgeon
Prunes diseased branches
A tree surgeon is a person who specializes in the care and maintenance of trees—pruning, treating disease, removing damaged limbs, and sometimes felling trees entirely.
The term applies the language of medicine to arboriculture: like surgeons, they cut to preserve health.
We hired a tree surgeon to save the old oak.
Tree care specialist
- consultantProfessional advice provider
- contractorHired construction professional
- licensedGranted official permission
- insuredProtected against loss
groundsman · climber · estimate · consultation · client · property owner · emergency service · storm damage
Cutting vegetation for health
- pollardingCutting trees at head-height
- coppicingCutting trees to regrow
- stump removalEliminating felled tree bases
- branch removalCutting away tree limbs
cavity treatment · wound treatment · pest management · disease control
Motor-driven cutting tool
- pole sawElevated limb cutting tool
- hand sawManual toothed cutting blade
- loppersLong-handled branch cutters
- pruning shearsTool for cutting branches
secateurs · wood chipper · stump grinder · safety harness · climbing rope · carabiners · spikes · saddle
Overhead protective covering
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- branchDivision or woody limb
- limbJointed bodily projection
- trunkMain stem or storage
bark · root system · deadwood · water sprouts · suckers · decay · dieback · widow maker
arborist
Tree care specialist
- consultantProfessional advice provider
- contractorHired construction professional
- licensedGranted official permission
insured · groundsman · climber · estimate · consultation · client · property owner · emergency service · storm damage · liability
pruning
Cutting vegetation for health
- pollardingCutting trees at head-height
- coppicingCutting trees to regrow
- stump removalEliminating felled tree bases
branch removal · cavity treatment · wound treatment · pest management · disease control
chainsaw
Motor-driven cutting tool
- pole sawElevated limb cutting tool
- hand sawManual toothed cutting blade
- loppersLong-handled branch cutters
pruning shears · secateurs · wood chipper · stump grinder · safety harness · climbing rope · carabiners · spikes · saddle · hard hat
canopy
Overhead protective covering
trunk · bark · root system · deadwood · water sprouts · suckers · decay · dieback · widow maker · target zone
- tree carearborist, pruning, trimming, mulching, cabling
- tree removalchainsaw, felling, stump removal, wood chipper, arborist
- arboristsarborist
- farm workersfarmer, farmworker, hired hand, field hand, farm laborer
- farmworkersfarmhand, farmworker, farm laborer, field hand, farm hand
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
tree surgeonlumberjack
Professional tree cutter
logger · woodcutter · exterminator · weed killer · forester