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Trees to Plant on Your Street and in Your City

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 - Urban Tree of the Year

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 | Pyrus calleryana | Bradford pear | Urban Tree of the Year

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.

The Urban Tree Book

Review of Art Plotkin's The Urban Tree Book. One of my top five tree reference books.

About Arbor Day

Get the scoop on the National Arbor Day Foundation and programs in your state...

Autumn Blaze™ Maple - 2003 Urban Tree of the Year

Autumn Blaze™ Maple was selected Urban Tree of the Year for 2003.

About Tree City USA

Get with the the Tree City USA program from your About.com Forestry Guide...

About River Birch - 2002 Urban Tree of the Year

The Society of Municiple Arborists 2002 Tree of the Year...

About Bur Oak - 2001 Urban Tree of the Year

The Society of Municipal Arborists 2001 Tree of the Year...

Hire an Arborist

Why do you want to hire an arborist?  Find out here...

ISA International Society of Arboriculture

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

Luring shady characters to your house might not be such a bad idea.  Check out this Christian Science Monitor article...

A Manual for Urban Forestry

A service manual for state forestry agencies dealing with urban forestry...

Morris Arboretum

Morris Arboretum's Urban Forestry and Arboriculture Program...

National Arborist Association

This association represents member tree care specialist in the United States...

National Arbor Day Foundation

Learn about the Arbor Day Foundation and get 10 trees free!

Shigo on Tree Systems

The legendary Dr. Alex Shigo on the subject of tree systems.

Society of Municiple Arborists

A site representing City and Town Arborists and Urban Foresters.

Southern Urban Forestry Associates

A tree care information center.

TreeLink.org

Great site for educational information for those interested in urban forestry...

Tree Ordinance Guide

Describes how to integrate tree ordinance with overall community tree management.

Tree Values

Guide to planning for, evaluating and reducing possible financial losses on trees, specimen shrubs and evergreens.

University of Missouri Agroforestry

From University of Missouri...

Urban Forestry South Technical Service Center

A USFS urban forestry technical site...

Urban and Community Forestry

A site currently cross linking Urban and Community Forestry related information.  

Urban Forestry: A Bibliography

A University of Minnesota search engine for Urban Forestry literature.

Urban Forestry Resources - State by State

Arboriculture On-line's state contacts...

Urban National Forest Home Page

This site describes urban national forests within 50 miles of a population of 1 million people or more.

URBNRNET Listserve

Connect to this listserve through treeLink.org

Explore Forestry

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