Plant Ecology Equipment & Supplies List

Surveying Equipment and Supplies (shared)

• Flagging Tape

• Tree & Stake Labels (PVC pipe stakes 50 cm long)

• Compass

• Meter Tape

• Level for measuring tree heights

• Diameter Tape

• Telescopic meter stake

• GPS receiver

• Altimeter

• Maps

• Air photos

• Plant Press (field-type with newspaper and felt pen)

• Hand-calculator

• Write-in-the-rain notebook or tally book

• Pencil & eraser

• Small straight-edge or ruler

• Digital Camera

• Plastic Bags (Ziploc)

Visualization Equipment and Supplies

• Digital camera (3 mp) (with wide angle, normal and telephoto zoom lenses)

• Tripod

• Plant clamp

• Digital camera (waterproof; 2 mp)

• Extra digital media, batteries, and chargers (for all cameras)

• CF, Memory Stick and SD media adapters

• Laptop computer

• Surge suppressor

• Software: digital image processing, 2-way table analysis

• External hard drives

• 12 VDC inverter (110 VAC)

• US/NZ plug adapter

• Digital maps and digital versions of key documents

• GPS (2) with connector cables

Other Items (all plant ecology investigators)

• Rain Jacket
• Hiking Boots
• Mosquito Repellent
• Water Bottle
• Flashlight
• Pocket Knife
• Sun Screen
• Hat
• Basic field survival kit

Last Updated: 11/17/2003