The following trees offer tolerance to compacted, infertile soils and the general environment found in cities and along streets. They are also considered to be the most adaptable of all trees to the urban environment.
Baldcypress has been selected Urban Tree of the Year for 2007 as determined by responses to an annual survey in arborist magazine City Trees.
Chanticleer callery pear was selected Urban Tree of the Year for 2005 as determined by responses to an annual survey in arborist magazine City Trees.
Review of Art Plotkin's The Urban Tree Book. One of my top five tree reference books.
Get the scoop on the National Arbor Day Foundation and programs in your state...
Autumn Blaze™ Maple was selected Urban Tree of the Year for 2003.
Get with the the Tree City USA program from your About.com Forestry Guide...
The Society of Municiple Arborists 2002 Tree of the Year...
The Society of Municipal Arborists 2001 Tree of the Year...
Why do you want to hire an arborist? Find out here...
The ISA is a representing organization of tree care professionals. Arboriculture On-line is developed to help the professional maintain plant health care programs...
Luring shady characters to your house might not be such a bad idea. Check out this Christian Science Monitor article...
A service manual for state forestry agencies dealing with urban forestry...
Morris Arboretum's Urban Forestry and Arboriculture Program...
This association represents member tree care specialist in the United States...
Learn about the Arbor Day Foundation and get 10 trees free!
The legendary Dr. Alex Shigo on the subject of tree systems.
A site representing City and Town Arborists and Urban Foresters.
A tree care information center.
Great site for educational information for those interested in urban forestry...
Describes how to integrate tree ordinance with overall community tree management.
Guide to planning for, evaluating and reducing possible financial losses on trees, specimen shrubs and evergreens.
From University of Missouri...
A USFS urban forestry technical site...
A site currently cross linking Urban and Community Forestry related information.
A University of Minnesota search engine for Urban Forestry literature.
Arboriculture On-line's state contacts...
This site describes urban national forests within 50 miles of a population of 1 million people or more.
Connect to this listserve through treeLink.org