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Re: Preliminary:Forestry

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I don't know if anyone has asked this before, but are binders allowed in this event? (since we can't use binders in ornithology)
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Wadhk wrote:I don't know if anyone has asked this before, but are binders allowed in this event? (since we can't use binders in ornithology)
Probably not. The rules won't be out until september.
Tramsarran wrote:In the event do we actually get to see the trees/parts of trees or do we just have to look at pictures of trees? It doesn't seem too hard to get actual samples of bark, leaves, etc in addition to pictures.
If it's stations, they'd probably primarily give you leaves, with some bark, fruit, or flowers thrown in. It would be extremely hard to ID most trees just from a picture of the entire tree.
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amerikestrel wrote:
Wadhk wrote:I don't know if anyone has asked this before, but are binders allowed in this event? (since we can't use binders in ornithology)
Probably not. The rules won't be out until september.
Tramsarran wrote:In the event do we actually get to see the trees/parts of trees or do we just have to look at pictures of trees? It doesn't seem too hard to get actual samples of bark, leaves, etc in addition to pictures.
If it's stations, they'd probably primarily give you leaves, with some bark, fruit, or flowers thrown in. It would be extremely hard to ID most trees just from a picture of the entire tree.
At competitions, we were generally given leaves, which are by far the easiest ways of IDing a tree, though we also saw a few other things like bark. I've gotten pictures as well, but they were pictures of leaves that made it easy to see what tree it was (like if it was a pine, the picture was obvious in showing how many needles per bundle there were).

As for the binder, we've argued about this a few times, but I still say that there's a good chance for a binder. There was a binder when I last did it.
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This event seems a bit intimidating. I mean, all of those trees look a lot alike. Would you say this event is more bark than bite?
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Forestry seems like a interesting event,i'm not sure why people are so unenthusiastic about it
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123frog wrote:Forestry seems like a interesting event,i'm not sure why people are so unenthusiastic about it
With you on that. If no one on my team wants to do this event (I'm pretty sure there will be a shortage of volunteers just because people prejudge this event and say it's boring), then I'm definitely going for it. How do you think it will be set up?
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zyzzyva98 wrote:This event seems a bit intimidating. I mean, all of those trees look a lot alike. Would you say this event is more bark than bite?
Z, that was completely and utterly terrible. I applaud you.

But I think leaves and such should be easy to tell apart; a simple picture of the tree at a distance might be difficult.
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Kokonilly wrote:
zyzzyva98 wrote:This event seems a bit intimidating. I mean, all of those trees look a lot alike. Would you say this event is more bark than bite?
Z, that was completely and utterly terrible. I applaud you.

But I think leaves and such should be easy to tell apart; a simple picture of the tree at a distance might be difficult.
Leaves are not very easy to tell apart, save the obvious ones (like ginkgo). Entire trees can be almost impossible to ID from a distance – you might be able to tell family or genus, but that's about it.
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amerikestrel wrote:
Kokonilly wrote:
zyzzyva98 wrote:This event seems a bit intimidating. I mean, all of those trees look a lot alike. Would you say this event is more bark than bite?
Z, that was completely and utterly terrible. I applaud you.

But I think leaves and such should be easy to tell apart; a simple picture of the tree at a distance might be difficult.
Leaves are not very easy to tell apart, save the obvious ones (like ginkgo). Entire trees can be almost impossible to ID from a distance – you might be able to tell family or genus, but that's about it.
*shrug* I haven't begun preparing; that was simply a wild guess. :P And to make the post somewhat useful.
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How could you start with this event over the summer?
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