Tree planting bar

{{short description|Ergonomic hand tool used by foresters for planting seeds for trees}}

File:Photograph of Tree Planting with Michigan Planting Bar - NARA - 2129003.tif

A tree planting bar or dibble bar{{cite book |first=Mary L. |last=Duryea |author2=Philip M. Dougherty |title=Forest Regeneration Manual |publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers |year=1991 |isbn=978-07923-0959-8 |page=311}} is a tool used by foresters to plant trees, especially in large-scale afforestation or reforestation. It is very ergonomic, as it greatly speeds up the planting and prevents back pain.{{cite web |url=http://mmbqdm.tripod.com/ForestManagement/OakTreePlantings.htm |first=Leon E. |last=Hank |title=Success in Oak Tree Plantings}}

Pointed planting bars are better for rockier soils.{{cite web|last1=Brannon|first1=Tom|title=Forestry Hand & Power Tools|url=http://ext.nrs.wsu.edu/handtools/tools/planting/|website=Washington State University|access-date=2016-10-18|archive-date=2016-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725121455/http://ext.nrs.wsu.edu/handtools/tools/planting/|url-status=dead}}