Editing Arborist (section)

{{Short description|Occupation concerning the care of perennial woody plants}}
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[[Image:Arborists-3,-Kallista,-VIC,-09.07.2008.jpg|250px|thumb|An arborist using a [[chainsaw]] to cut a [[eucalyptus]] tree in a public park]]
[[File:Tree Climbers.jpg|alt=Arborists in Ontario|thumb|Two arborists climbing and dismantling a Norway Maple in Ontario, Canada]]
An '''arborist''', or (less commonly) '''arboriculturist''', is a [[professional]] in the practice of [[arboriculture]], which is the [[Plant cultivation|cultivation]], management, and study of individual [[tree]]s, [[shrub]]s, [[vine]]s, and other [[perennial]] [[woody plant]]s in [[dendrology]] and [[horticulture]].{{cn|date=September 2024}}

Arborists generally focus on the health and safety of individual [[plant]]s and trees, rather than managing [[forest]]s or harvesting wood ([[silviculture]] or [[forestry]]).  An arborist's scope of work is therefore distinct from that of either a [[forester]] or a [[lumberjack|logger]].{{cn|date=September 2024}}