AC-Ch. 14 Urban Forestry

Question 1

Best available industry recognized courses of action, in consideration of the benefits and limitations, based on scientific research and current knowledge

Answer 1

Best management practices

Question 2

Capturing and long term storage of carbon. Most often used in reference to the capturing of atmospheric carbon dioxide through biological, chemical, or physical processes.

Answer 2

Carbon sequestration

Question 3

An individual specializing in the fields of Arboriculture and urban forestry and having responsibility for the management of all or part of planted and naturally occurring greenscapes on public land in communities.

Answer 3

City forester

Question 4

Subjecting organic matter to decay and decomposition processes.

Answer 4

Composting

Question 5

Group of representatives of several tree care and landscape associations that works to research and author the Guide for Plant Appraisal

Answer 5

Council of Tree and Landscape Appraisers

Question 6

Complex system of living organisms and their abiotic environment

Answer 6

Ecosystem

Question 7

Computer application used to store, view, and analyze geographical information typically maps

Answer 7

Geographic information system

Question 8

Living components within developed areas. Can be incorporated with gray infrastructure to perform important ecological functions such as stormwater management, erosion control, temperature buffering and more

Answer 8

Green infrastructure

Question 9

Rise in temperature that the Earth experiences because certain gases in the atmosphere trap energy from the sun

Answer 9

Greenhouse effect

Question 10

An environment suitable for sustaining a population of a given organism.

Answer 10

Habitat

Question 11

Constructed inanimate elements of a landscape such as walls, pathways, and seats made of wood, stone and/or other materials

Answer 11

Hardscape

Question 12

Suite of software products and management tools that allows the user to inventory the urban forest and analyze its costs, benefits and management needs.

Answer 12

I-tree

Question 13

Green building rating system developed by the U.S. Green building council to provide standards for environmentally sustainable construction and building management practices

Answer 13

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Question 14

An individual specializing in the fields of Arboriculture and urban forestry and having responsibility for the management of all or part of planted and naturally occurring greenscapes on public land in communities

Answer 14

Municipal arborist

Question 15

Written order granting permission to do something

Answer 15

Permit

Question 16

Method to appraise the monetary value of trees considered replaceable with nursery or feild grown stock. Based on the cost of replacement with the same or comparable species of the same size in the same place subject to depreciation for various factors

Answer 16

Replacement cost

Question 17

Measure of the number and variety of different species found in a given area

Answer 17

Species diversity

Question 18

Person or group that has an interest in or is affected by an activity or decision

Answer 18

Stakeholder

Question 19

An established or widely recognized authority of acceptable performance

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Standard

Question 20

Water originating from precipitation that flows above ground rather than infiltrating into the soil. May occur if soils are frozen or saturated or if the rate at which precipitation falls is greater than the infiltration rate of a soil.

Answer 20

Stormwater runoff

Question 21

The ability to maintain ecological, social, and economic benefits over time

Answer 21

Sustainability

Question 22

Program created to establish national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction, and maintenance practices.

Answer 22

Sustainable Sites Initiative

Question 23

Record of each tree within a designated population typically includes species, size, location, condition and maintenance requirements

Answer 23

Tree inventory

Question 24

Tree specific legal document that defines a public agency’s authority, describes required conditions or actions, establishes penalties for non-conformance and identifies who is responsible for enforcement and over sight

Answer 24

Tree ordinance

Question 25

Method to appraise the monetary value of trees considered too large to be replaced with nursery or field grown stock. Based on developing a representative unit cost for replacement with the same size and in the same place subject to depreciation for various factors.

Answer 25

Trunk formula method

Question 26

Document that describes how urban forestry goals are to be accomplished within a defined time frame includes tasks, prorities, best management practices, standards, specifications, budgets and staffing analyses.

Answer 26

Urban forest management plan

Question 27

Management of naturally occurring and planted trees and associated plants in urban areas

Answer 27

Urban forestry

Question 28

Animals living in a natural undomesticated state

Answer 28

Wildlife

Question 29

Practice and study of the care of trees and other woody plants in the landscape.

Answer 29

Arboriculture