Practice as a team
Try “Tree Court”: name the specimen, prove it with two clues, then explain the look-alike you ruled out.
Open the Tree ID cards →← All study topics
Sources & team resources
Check the references behind the study cards and your advisor’s current contest materials.
Built for the team
Leilani is sharing the tools that help teammates study together: ask why, prove an answer, and celebrate the next step.
Keep the event guide close
This site is a study helper. Your advisor’s current contest materials are the final word on what is tested this year.
Check Florida FFA event resources →Source shelf
Use these references to check a clue or read beyond the quick lesson.
- UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants — plant directory ↗
- Florida Division of Forestry: Insects and Diseases — identification reference (1983; not treatment guidance) ↗
- UF/IFAS: Key Plant, Key Pests — Pine Species ↗
- USGS: Topographic Map Symbols ↗
- National FFA: 2021 Forestry General Knowledge Exam — additional practice reference ↗
- Florida FFA Competitive Events — current event pages ↗
- Florida FFA Middle School Forestry event guide (published guide; confirm current scope with advisor) ↗
- UF/IFAS: How to Identify a Tree ↗
- Florida Forest Service: Introduction to Forestry in Florida (2023) ↗
- Florida Forest Service: Forest Trees of Florida identification key ↗
- UF/IFAS: Hickory nut and identification clues ↗
- UF/IFAS Florida 4-H: Water Hickory ↗
- Virginia Tech Dendrology: Mockernut Hickory — commonly 7–9 leaflets ↗
- UF/IFAS Florida 4-H: Mockernut Hickory identification ↗
- UF/IFAS Florida 4-H: Pignut Hickory identification ↗
Practice questions on this site were written for study and are not official FFA test questions. The 2016 forestry guide is a published reference; use the advisor’s current event directions for this season.