AG17 .01 DESCRIBE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO PLANT

SCIENCE INDUSTRIES

Agriscience ApplicationsPlant Science Careers

Career Areas

ForestryHorticultureLandscapingNursery

Forestry

ForesterForest RangerLogging Foreman

Forester

A forester uses an understanding of science to help grow trees

Also known as Silviculture

Huh?!

Forest Rangers

Employed primarily with the government to manage forests on state and federal lands

Also assists with fire prevention http://www.fs.fed.us/: US Forest Service

National Forests in NC

Croatan NantahalaPisgahUwharrie

Common Activities

BicyclingCampingFishingHikingHuntingNature Walks/ Nature ViewingPicnickingBoatingSwimming

Logging Foreman

A logging foreman will supervise a crew involved in the harvesting phase.

Horticulture

1. Floral designer – designs flowers for a florist or business.

2. Flower grower – produces flowers used in floral design.

3. Greenhouse manager – manages the production process for a flower grower.

4. Retail florist – Floral business that furnishes flowers to the general public.

5. Wholesale florist – Floral business that furnishes flowers and supplies to retail florist

Florist Supplies

Landscaping

Landscaping and nursery careers produce plants for aesthetic purposes. Plants may be used around homes, businesses, & parks.

1. Greenskeeper – takes care of golf course turf.

2. Landscaper – installs plants in various locations.

3. Landscape architect – design plans for plant installation

Plant Science Careers: Nursery

1. Nursery operator – grows trees and shrubs needed for landscaping.

2. Turf farmer – grows turf grass for sale.

Tools

A bush axe clears undergrowth in woods. A grafting tool cuts woody parts of two plants

to be joined together, asexually. A planting bar is used for setting out tree

seedlings

Tools

A pruning saw saws limbs less than or equal to 3”.

A soil thermometer determines soil temperature and a soil tube is for obtaining a soil sample

Tools

Chain saws are for cutting down trees & large limbs.

Hand lopping shears are for pruning shrubs. Hedge shears are for trimming and shaping

shrubbery into a continuous row or hedge. Pruning shears cut small limbs when shaping

shrubs.

Croatan National Forest

Discover a matrix of longleaf pine forests, evergreen-shrub bogs and wetlands in the Croatan National Forest along NC’s coast.

This forest is defined by water.

Nantahala National Forest

In southwestern NC. Elevations range from 5,800 feet to 1,200 feet.

“Nantahala” is a Cherokee word meaning “land of the noon day sun,”

The largest of the national forests in NC.

Pisgah National Forest

A land of mile-high peaks, cascading waterfalls, whitewater rivers and heavily forested slopes.

Pisgah is scattered along the eastern edge of the mountains of western NC

Uwharrie National Forest

First purchased by the federal government in 1931 during the Great Depression.

Though small, Uwharrie provides a variety of recreation opportunities and natural resources, including clean rivers and streams.