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A-B
Aeration
Aerator
Aerification
Air Circulation Fan
Air Exchange Rate
Air Layering
Air Pruning
Air Spading
Alkalinity
Annuals
Anvil Pruner
Apical Dominance
Arborist Climbing Rope
Arborist Saddle
Arborist's Block and Tackle
Auger
Automatic Watering System
Auxins
Available Water Capacity (AWC)
Backpack Sprayer
Ball and Burlap (B&B)
Bare Root
Bark Beetle Infestation
Bark Mulch
Basal Sprouts
Base Material
Bedding Plants
Benching Layout
Benching System
Berm
Bermudagrass
Biological Control Agents
Bioswale
Blackout Curtains
Bluestone
Border Fork
Border Spade
Bottom Heat
Bottom Watering
Bow Rake
Bracing Rods
Branch Collar
Broadcast Spreader
Broadfork
Bud Union
Budding (Plants)
Bulb Planter
Bulk Density
Bulk Media Blending
Bullnose
Bunker Rake
C-D
CO2 Enrichment
Cabling Hardware
Caliper (for tree diameter)
Callusing
Cambium Layer
Canopy
Canopy Lift
Canopy Management
Capillary Action
Capillary Mat
Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC)
Chain Saw
Chilling Hours
Clay Content
Clonal Propagation
Closed Back Shovel
Co-dominant Stem
Cold Storage
Collar (Green Perimeter)
Compacting
Companion Planting
Compost Tea
Concrete Sealer
Conservation Tillage
Container Drainage
Containerized Plants
Coping
Coring
Coring Tines
Cover Crops
Creeping Bentgrass
Crop Protection Agent
Crop Rotation
Crop Rotation Plan
Crop Scheduling
Crotch Angle
Crown Dieback
Crown Lifting
Crown Raising
Crown Reduction
Crown Thinning
Crushed Granite
Culling
Cultivar
Cultivator
Cup Cutter
Curbing
Cutting Bed
Cutting Height
Cuttings Propagation
Day/Night Temperature Differential (DIF)
Deadheading
Deadman Anchors
Deadwooding
Decay Pocket
Deciduous
Dethatching
Dethatching Rake
Dethatching Rake
Dew Removal
Dibber
Disease Resistance
Dormancy
Dormancy Break
Double-Layer Polyethylene
Drain Spade
Drainage
Drainage Basin
Drainage Tile
Drip Emitter
Drip Irrigation
Drop Spreader
Dry Stack
Dutch Elm Disease
E-F
Ebb and Flow System
Edging
Edging Tool
Electric Hedge Trimmer
Epicormic Growth
Erosion
Erosion Control
Espalier
Evaporative Cooling
Evergreen
Fairway Mower
Fertigation
Fertigation System
Fertilizer Burn
Field Capacity
Field Nursery Production
Field-Grown Stock
Flagstone
Flat Head Axe
Flat Shovel
Flats (Seed Flats)
Flood and Drain Table
Flush Cutting
Fogger System
Folding Saw
Foliar Disease
Foliar Feeding
French Drain
Frost Cloth
Frost Delay
Frost Heave
Fumigation
Fungal Fruiting Bodies
Fungicide Application
Fusarium Patch
G-H
Gabion
Garden Cart
Garden Cultivator
Garden Dibber
Garden Fork
Garden Hoe
Garden Kneeler
Garden Knife
Garden Marker
Garden Roller
Garden Scissors
Garden Seeder
Geotextile Fabric
Germination Rate
Girdling
Girdling Root
Grading
Grafting
Grafting Knife
Grain (Grass Growth Direction)
Granite Fines
Grapple Rake
Grass Shears
Grass Whip
Green Manure
Green Speed
Greenhouse Curtain System
Greenhouse Glazing
Greenhouse Liners
Greens Roller
Ground Cover
Grow Lights
Grow Tent Liner
Grow Tents
Growing Degree Days (GDD)
Growing Medium
Growth Hormones
Grub Hoe
Gutter Cleaning
Gutter-Connected Greenhouse
Guying
Half-Moon Edger
Hand Cultivator
Hand Edger
Hand Trowel
Hand Weeder
Hard Pan
Hardening Off
Hardscape
Hazard Tree Assessment
Heartwood
Heat Mat
Heat Stress
Hedge Shears
Hedge Trimmer
Hedging
Herbicide
Hose Nozzle
Hose Reel
Humidity Dome
Humus
Hydraulic Leak
Hydraulic Spill
Hydronic Heating System
Hydroponics
Hydroseeding
I-J
Included Bark
Infiltration Rate
Insect Netting
Integrated Crop Management (ICM)
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Interlocking Pavers
Irrigation
Irrigation Zoning
Joint Sand
K-L
Landscape Fabric
Landscape Fabric Pins
Landscape Rake
Lawn Aerator
Lawn Roller
Lawn Scarification
Leaching
Leaching Fraction
Leaf Area Index (LAI)
Leaf Blower
Light Deprivation
Light Intensity (PAR)
Limb Drop
Liner Stock
Lip (Bunker Edge)
Loam
Long-Handled Hoe
Loppers
Loppers
M-N
Macropores
Masonry Saw
Masonry Trowel
Mattock
Microclimate Control
Micropores
Micropropagation
Mist Bench
Mist Propagation System
Moisture Meter
Monoculture Risk
Mortar Joint
Mulch
Mulch Films
Mulch Fork
Mulch Layering
Mycorrhizae
Mycorrhizal Fungi
Native Plants
Nematodes
Nitrogen Fixation
No-Till Farming
Nutrient Film Technique (NFT)
Nutrient Runoff
O-P
Open Back Shovel
Organic Matter
Ornamental Grass
Overseeding
Overwintering
Paver
Peat-Based Media
Pencross (Creeping Bentgrass Variety)
Perennial
Perennial Ryegrass
Perennials
Perlite
Permanent Wilting Point
Permeable Paving
Phloem
Photoperiodism
Pickaxe
Pinching (Plants)
Pitch Mark Repair
Plant Density
Plant Growth Regulator (PGR)
Plant Inspector
Plant Patent
Plant Spacing
Plant Tagging System
Planting Dibble
Planting Zones
Plug Production
Plug Tray
Poa Annua
Pole Pruner
Pole Saw
Pollarding
Porosity
Post Driver
Post Hole Digger
Pot-in-Pot System
Potting Mix
Power Auger
Power Broom
Pricking Out
Propagation Dome
Propagation Tray
Propogation
Pruning
Pruning Hook
Pruning Ladder
Pruning Loppers
Pruning Saw
Pruning Shears
Pruning Shears
Pruning Snips
Q-R
Quarantine Protocol
Ratchet Pruner
Rebar Reinforcement
Relative Humidity (RH)
Renewal Pruning
Retaining Wall
Rhizosphere
Rock Bar
Rockwool
Rolling Frequency
Root Ball
Root Collar Excavation
Root Drench
Root Flare
Root Grafting
Root Pruning
Root Rot
Root Zone Management
Root Zone Temperature
Rootball Integrity
Rootbound
Rootstock
Rootzone Depth
Rootzone Mix
Round Point Shovel
Round Point Shovel
Runoff
S-T
Salinity
Salinity Levels
Sand Capping
Sand Content
Sap Flow
Saturation Point
Scalping (sod production)
Scion Wood
Scoop Shovel
Secateurs
Seedling Tray
Shade Cloth
Shade House
Shade Netting
Shear Strength (Turf)
Shears
Silt
Slow-Release Fertilizer
Sod Cutter
Sod Cutting
Softscape
Softscaping
Soil Aggregates
Soil Amendment
Soil Auger
Soil Biota
Soil Compaction
Soil Fertility
Soil Fumigation
Soil Horizon
Soil Inoculants
Soil Knife
Soil Microorganisms
Soil Permeability
Soil Probe
Soil Profile
Soil Respiration
Soil Sifter
Soil Sterilization
Soil Structure
Soil Texture
Soil pH
Spade
Spading
Sphagnum Moss
Spray Rig
Spurless Climbing
Square Point Shovel
Square Shovel
Steel Rake
Stepping Stones
Stone Veneer
String Trimmer
Structural Pruning
Subgrade
Subsoil
Succulent
Sucker Removal
Supplemental Lighting
Syringing (Turf Cooling Technique)
Tamper
Tees and Greens
Tensiometer
Thatch
Thatch Accumulation
Thatch Layer
Thatching Blade
Thermometer Hygrometer Combo
Thermoperiodism
Thermostatic Control
Thinning
Tillage
Tiller
Tissue Culture
Topdressing
Topdressing Fertilizer
Topdressing Sand
Topiary
Topsoil
Transpiration Rate
Transplant Shock
Transplanting Trowel
Travertine
Tree Anchor Systems
Tree Cabling
Tree Dripline
Tree Health Assessment
Tree Pruner
Tree Spade
Tree Topping
Tree Valuation
Turf Collar
Turf Edger
Turf Stress
Turfgrass
Turfgrass Management
U-V
Understock
Utility Knife
Ventilation Louvers
Vermiculite
Vernalization
Verticutting
W-X
Water Breaker
Water Infiltration Rate
Watering Can
Watering Wand
Weed Barrier
Weed Mat
Weed Torch
Weeding Knife
Wetting Agent
Wheelbarrow
Whip-and-Tongue Graft
Xeriscaping
Xylem
Y-Z
Zoysia Grass
