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
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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.
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