CDE Handbook - Florida FFA Association

Forestry CDE
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not be presented in the same visual manner in the official
CDE.
Event Format
The contest will consist of two parts. Part 1: the General
Knowledge written test will be taken by all students at one time.
Part 2: will consist of field application sessions; Dendrology,
Equipment Identification/Forest Disorders, and Timber
Cruising will be included each year. The remaining field
application session will be identified before the event. Students
will rotate through each session until all have been completed.
General Knowledge (100 points)
1. Fifty (50) objective-type multiple-choice questions will
be selected from areas of the forestry industry reflected
in the contest objectives. This part of the contest will test
the contestants’ knowledge and understanding of basic
principles of forestry.
2. Time: Each contestant will be allowed forty-five (45)
minutes to complete this phase of the contest.
3. Scoring: Each answer has a value of two (2) points for a
total maximum score of 100 points.
4. Management – may be added at state level
5. This section will include a forest business management
problem to determine the contestant’s ability to apply
economic principles and concepts of management to the
decision making process by actual problem analysis and
to defend the decisions made. This will involve a model
forest operation with possible calculation on profit/loss,
cost of operation, taxes, depreciation, marketing product,
stumpage cost, record keeping, etc. The exact problem may
or may not be in a listed reference.
6. Current Forestry and Timber Stand improvement issues
may be included on the Florida Division of Forestry
website.
Dendrology (100 points)
1. Twenty (20) specimens from the following list will be
displayed for contestants to identify by common names.
Each specimen will be designated by a number. Specimens
may include cut samples, potted samples, or standing trees
located within 50 feet of the Dendrology site.
2. Time: Each contestant will be allowed thirty (30) minutes
to complete this session.
3. Scoring: Five (5) points will be given for each specimen
that is correctly identified for a maximum of one-hundred
(100) points.
4. Approved Dendrology list:
Florida FFA Career Development Event Handbook
American Beech – Fagus grandifolia
American Elm – Ulmus americana
American Holly – Illex opaca
Bald Cypress – Taxodium distichum
Black Cherry – Prunus serotina
Carolina Ash – Fraxinus caroliniana
Common Persimmon – Diospyros virginiana
Eastern Hophornbeam – Ostrya virginiana
American Hornbeam – Carpinus caroliniana
Eastern Redbud – Cercis canadensis
Flowering Dogwood – Cornus florida
Laurel Oak – Quercus laurifolia
Live Oak – Quercus virginiana
Loblolly Bay – Gordonia lasianthus
Loblolly Pine – Pinus taeda
Longleaf Pine – Pinus palustris
Mockernut Hickory – Carya tomentosa
Pignut Hickory – Carya glabra
Post Oak – Quercus stellata
Red Maple – Acer rubrum
Red Mulberry – Morus rubra
Sand Pine – Pinus clausa
Sassafras – Sassafras albidum
Shumard Oak – Quercus shumardii
Slash Pine – Pinus elliottii
Southern Catalpa – Catalpa bignonioides
Southern Magnolia – Magnolia grandiflora
Southern Redcedar – Juniperus solicicola
Sugarberry – Celtis laevigata
Swamp Tupelo – Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora
Sweetbay – Magnolia virginiana
Sweetgum – Liquidambar styraciflua
Sycamore – Platanus occidentalis
Turkey Oak – Quercus laevis
Water Hickory – Carya aquatica
Water Oak – Quercus nigra
Waxmyrtle – Myrica cerifera
White Oak – Quercus alba
Winged Elm – Ulmus alata
Yellow Poplar – Liriodendron tulipifera
Additional Trees for the State Contest:
41. Black Walnut – Juglans nigra
42. Carolina Laurelcherry – Prunus caroliniana
43. Eastern Cottonwood – Populus deltoids
44. Florida Maple – Acer floridanum
45. Gum Bumelia – Bumelia lanuginosa
46. Gumbo Limbo – Bursera simaruba