Research Catalog

Title

Urban trees : a guide for selection, maintenance, and master planning / Leonard E. Phillips, Jr.

Author

Phillips, Leonard E.

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill, [1993], ©1993.

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Description

ix, 273 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

• The key to a successful urban forestry program in the 1990s is the municipal street tree master plan - a comprehensive review of a city and its trees, forestry department, and citizens. In this easy-to-follow, fact-filled book, you'll learn the A to Z of preparing a street tree master plan - with precise guidelines for cataloging existing trees, selecting the right trees for future planting, maintaining urban trees, and working with the municipal laws and regulations that govern city streets and parks.
• Using informative case studies and illustrations, a master landscape architect and horticulturist documents his step-by-step approach to:. Taking the critical street tree inventory - with the newest methodologies for counting, describing, and disseminating street tree data;. Choosing the best trees for your climate and site using the diversification formula established by the International Society of Arboriculture, and the author's own recommendations for the 50 best trees for urban environments;.
• Implementing an effective, cost-saving program of general tree maintenance - with detailed tips on pruning, roots, pest management, and leaf and wood disposal;. Administration techniques - how to evaluate municipal forestry departments, tree care equipment, and the laws and regulations that protect trees; and. Public relations and citizens awareness groups - with a multitude of proven strategies for promoting tree care and volunteerism, from "Adopt-a-Tree" to cable TV and the local press.
• Plus, easy-to-use appendices round out your knowledge by providing botanical descriptions and illustrations of each recommended street tree, charts of the species that have been successfully planted in different U.S. and Canadian cities, and comparisons of the services and budgets of various municipal forestry departments.
• Regardless of how you use Urban Trees - as a detailed roadmap to creating a street tree master plan, as a quick reference of planting and pruning techniques, or as a how-to guide on selecting the right trees for your community - it is your complete professional guide. Landscape architects and contractors, urban foresters, municipal administrators, and students will find it packed with facts and data that greatly increase their knowledge of every aspect of urban tree care.

Subject

Trees in cities

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction to Urban Trees. Value of the Municipal Arborist. Value of Urban Trees. An Historical Introduction to Municipal Arboriculture -- 2. Municipal Street Tree Master Plan. Objectives and Summary. SMA Forestry Department Accreditation Program -- 3. Street Tree Inventory. Objectives. Inventory Computerization. Data Collection. Using the Street Tree Inventory -- 4. Recommended Street Trees. Tree Selection Process. Municipal Environment. Tree Aesthetics. Municipal versus Commercial Nurseries. Tree Planting Techniques. Planting -- 5. Tree Care. Tree Pruning. Root Problems. Tree Maintenance Tips. Integrated Pest Management. Systemic Tree Injections. Leaf Collection and Composting. Disposal of Wood and Chips -- 6. Administration. Municipal Forestry Departments. Equipment for Professional Tree Care. Contracting versus In-House Forestry Staff. Laws and Regulations. Street Tree Ordinance. Tree Preservation Ordinance -- 7. Public Relations Programs. Volunteers.
• Ideas. Arbor Day Ceremonies. Tree City - USA. Champion Trees -- 8. The Abridged Plan. Inventory. Other Components. Appendix A. Detailed Description of Recommended Trees -- Appendix B. Recommended Trees from Various Cities -- Appendix C. Comparison of Various City Forestry Programs.

ISBN

0070498350

LCCN

92043723

OCLC

• 27172754
• ocm27172754

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries