AUBURN UNIVERSITY offers this article on phytophthora root rot
on trees and shrubs.
http://www.aces.edu/department/ipm/Woody.htm
BARTLETT TREE CARE COMPANY This national company offers some
tips on tree care.
http://www.bartlett.com/
COLORADO SPRINGS A nice little site with information on tree
care, pruning,
tree ordinances,
and tree selection for the City of Colorado Springs
http://www.springsgov.com/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=43
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION TRI RIVER AREA
A wonderful site full of articles with information about tree problems and care.
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/TRA/PLANTS/tree.html
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ABORICULTURE
Tree care information for
consumers from the International Society of Aboriculture
http://www2.champaign.isa_arbor.com/consumer/consumer.html
THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARBORICULTURE (ISA) and
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COOPERATIVE STATES RESEARCH,
EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE (ICSREES) sponsor this excellent site that includes comprehensive
tree care information,
discussion groups, a list of certified arborists and extracts from Arborist News
and
the Journal of Arboriculture.
http://www2.champaign.isa_arbor.com/welcome.html
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY HOME HORTICULTURE containing
information of interest
to home gardeners.
This page provides links to Home Horticulture and Urban Forestry information.
http://www.msue.msu.edu/imp/mod03/master03.html
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY offers this pictorial key to common
tree and shrub problems.
http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/treelist.html
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM (IMP) is a set of textual data bases.
Some of the databases link to slides or movie
clips.
The link takes you the portion of the database on urban forestry.
http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modb1/masterb1.html
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA EXTENSION
This is a bulletin on
"Environmental Stresses and
Tree Health" and is a
pictorial key to tree problems.
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/forestry/G1036.htm
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Articles on trees, selection, tree care,
tree problems, and windbreaks.
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/forestry/
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY TREE LINKS: From North Carolina University a great number of links to various types of tree care information including diseases, Fall/Winter Color, Agencies, Construction/Storm Damage, Hazard Tree, Planting, Pruning,| Selection, Watering/Drought, Hiring an Expert, Power Lines, Tree Value, Insects, Roots, and Specific Plants.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY TREE INFORMATION: All sorts of
tree information from
North Carolina State University, just remember that they have a much milder
climate than we do,
and information on plant selection will not apply here.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees_new/index.html
HORTICULTURE ON THE INTERNET - NORTH
CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
A horticulture site on the web, this page has links to lots of good articles
about trees and tree care.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/hortinternet/trees.html
PURDUE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION BOTANY DEPARTMENT Here are several good sites from Purdue:
Information on diseases of trees and other ornamentals --
http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/botany.htm#3
Information on on trees, tree care and forests --
http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/fnr.htm#10
Information on insect pests of trees and other ornamentals
--
http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/ent.htm#9
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN This site has lots of articles about
trees and tree health.
http://gardenline.usask.ca/trees/index.html
SUITE101 This "original online publishing community of real
people helping real people" offers interesting articles on trees.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/trees
TREELINK: Information on trees. http://treelink.org/docs/learningcenter.phtml
USDA FOREST SERVICE ST. PAUL FIELD OFFICE On-line publications
information on
forest health, tree care, natural resources management, and many other
forestry-related topics.
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/fth_pub.htm
USFS SOUTHERN RESEARCH STATION
offers this page where you can
search for
USFS publications available on-line.
http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/pubs/index.jsp
FOREST BIOLOGY AND DENDROLOGY EDUCATIONAL SITES AT VIRGINIA TECH
Learn about fall color, the meaning of scientific names, and keys for
identifying trees.
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/
WISCONSIN COOPERATIVE EXTENSION: Wisconsin Cooperative Extension
publications in pdf format.
http://www1.uwex.edu/ces/pubs
Organizations
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES URBAN FORESTRY:
Find out about Washington's Urban and Community Forestry Program, It is a
Federal-supported
service of the Washington Department of Natural Resources, providing
organizational and technical
urban forestry assistance primarily to communities and interested local stake
holders.
http://www.wa.gov/dnr/htdocs/rp/urban/urban.htm
AMERICAN FORESTS is the oldest nonprofit citizen conservation
organization, founded in 1875
by citizens concerned about waste and abuse of the nation's forests. Their
mission today is to
help people improve the environment with trees and forests. Their programs
include both
Global
ReLeaf with urban and rural tree plantings around the globe, forest
policy, urban forestry,
and popular programs, such as The National Register of Big Trees and Famous &
Historic Trees.
Find out about their programs at their site.
http://www.americanforests.org
HISTORIC TREES: The mission of the Famous and Historic Trees
project of American Forests
is to
identify, preserve, and protect the trees with American heritage. These trees
are Living Witnesses
of historical events. This sites lists numerous historical trees and their
significance. American Forests
also sells trees propagated from these historical trees.
http://www.historictrees.org/
AMERICAN FORESTS BIG TREE REGISTER
INFORMATION The National
Register of Big Trees is the
one
place to find all the largest known specimens of native and naturalized trees in
the United States
AMERICAN FORESTS has been keeping the Register since 1940. At this site you can
find out more
about the National Register of Big Trees and how and where big trees are found
and measured.
You can also find out about the national champion trees here.
http://www.americanforests.org/resources/bigtrees/
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ABORICULTURE
Home page for the
International Society of Arboriculture,
professionals who take care of trees.
The ISA has more than 13,000 members worldwide.
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~isa/
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHAPTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF
ABORICULTURE Welcome to the
Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International
Society of Arboriculture. The PNW ISA is a professional
affiliation of arborists
and urban foresters in the Pacific Northwest. Find out at this site about how to
hire an arborist, tree care and why topping is bad; and what it means to be a
certified arborist.
http://www.pnwisa.org
THE SOCIETY OF MUNICIPAL ARBORISTS Their motto is that "Trees
are the City." Their objectives
include promoting and improving the practice of
professional municipal arboriculture, stimulating
greater interest in the
planting and presentation of shade trees and landscape plants, and promoting
public awareness of the beautification of urban areas through proper
arboriculture practices. You’ll find
information on trees and tree care here.
http://www.urban_forestry.com/
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AMATEUR
ARBORISTS This organization is
a loose association of individuals
and groups who are interested in learning
more about trees and other woody plants. At their site you can
find ways in
which to share knowledge and enthusiasm for trees.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/4901/
ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION This non-searchable site contains
information about Arbor Day as well as eight
simple tips for tree planting and
care.
http://www.arborday.org/
GREENING OF DETROIT The mission of Greening of Detroit exists to
improve the quality of life in Detroit
by guiding and inspiring the
reforestation of Detroit's neighborhoods boulevards, and parks through tree
planting projects and educational programs. Here’s an example of what can be
done by a group of volunteers
in a community.
http://greeningofdetroit.com/index2.htm
TREEPEOPLE OF LA Their mission is to "inspire the people of Los
Angeles to take personal responsibility
for their environment training and
supporting them as they plant and care for trees and improve the neighborhoods
in which they live, work and play." Their site have a nice "select-a-tree"
feature, but realize most trees on their list
are not hardy here.
http://www.treepeople.org/
TREES NEW YORK
An organization dedicated to improving the
quality of life for all communities through
participatory tree related programs.
Founded in the 70's, it is the only organization in the region which focuses
solely on urban trees and forestry. TNY plants, preserves and cares for trees
through crucial community-oriented
and technical support services through
education, training, desktop publishing, and advocacy efforts.
http://www.treesny.com/
Tree Ordinances & Forestry Outreach
DEVELOPING TREE ORDINANCES A website for urban design, city
planning, urban forestry, site design, landscape
architecture, architecture,
site engineering, land use law and land development-highlighting legal
standards and
technical requirements for site development planning, tree
preservation and landscape ordinance legislation.
http://www.design.lsu.edu/greenlaws/Homepage.htm
GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING TREE ORDINANCES
Ordinances provided by the USDA Forest
Service through the National Urban and
Community Forestry Advisory Council and the International Society of
Arboriculture.
http://www.isa_arbor.com/tree_ord/ordintro.htm
TREELINK This site was created to provide information,
research, and networking for people working in urban and
community forestry. For
the researcher, the arborist, the community group leader, volunteer -- our purpose
is to inform,
educate, and inspire.
http://treelink.org/
Tree Selection
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY You’ll really like this site. It was
developed with partial financial support from the Oregon
Master Gardener
Association. This site contains images and information on over 450 landscape
plants (mostly woody) listed
in alphabetical order by genus, from Abelia to
Zelkova. Because of the large number of plant entries, the site is divided into
three sub-sites or "volumes".
http://www.orst.edu/dept/ldplants/
NORTHWEST SHADE TREES Check out Northwest Shade Tree’s site if you are looking for a tree, and want to see some nice pictures of trees. They also have a tree search feature where you can tell what color, hardiness, and size of tree you want, and it will come up with a list of trees for you. http://www.shadetrees.com/
MINNESOTA POWER Information from Minnesota on tree selections for planting under and near power lines and other locations. Nice listing of trees with pictures those trees listed. http://www.mnpower.com/treebook/
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
This searchable
database is part of their Sustainable Urban Landscape Series.
Includes photos
and information on over 559 trees and shrubs.
http://www.sustland.umn.edu/plant/search.asp?WoodOrHerb=Woodies&useGet=true&SearchName=&SearchScientific=
&SearchTypeDd=&SearchTextureDd=&SearchFormDd=&SearchSIDd=&SearchFColorDd=&SearchHmin=&SearchHmax=
&SearchWmin=&SearchWmax=&SearchUseDd=&SearchinsectDd=&SearchDiseaseDd=&SearchLightDd=&SearchZoneDd=&SearchSoilDd=
NEBRASKA CONSERVATION TREE PROGRAM Gives descriptions and photos of trees that they distribute for conservation plantings. http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/forestry/treeprog/ec1760_1.htm
MISSOURI CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT An interesting site with information on all sorts of flora and fauna, with a Forestry section containing information on urban forests. http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/plantpage
NEBRASKA FOREST SERVICE This searchable publication contains color pictures and descriptions of trees distributed by the Nebraska Forest Service. http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/forestry/treeprog/ec1760.htm
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Take a tour of the trees on the UW campus, complete with pictures of many different trees. http://www.washington.edu/home/treetour/index.html#treetour.map
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Take a tour of the gardens at UBC.
http://www.hedgerows.com/UBCBotGdn/Moregardens.htm
Tree Identification
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION This interactive key was developed to help identify the most common trees in Iowa. The key is based on vegetative characteristics such as leaves, fruits, and bark. It is not a complete key. It does not include all trees grown in Iowa. http://www.exnet.iastate.edu/pages/tree/
OHIO PUBLIC LIBRARY AND OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY What Tree Is It?
A key to identifying trees.
http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/tree/
PURDUE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION Information on tree identification.
http://persephone.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/fnr.htm#11
Miscellaneous
COMMON READER A publisher with some interesting books about
trees.
http://www.commonreader.com/cgi_bin/rbox/ido.cgi?5471
WASHINGTON FORESTS AND FISH PLAN
Learn about the Forests & Fish
Plan, was passed by the Washington State
Legislature and signed into law in
1999. Designed to guide the way private forests will be managed for the next
fifty
years and beyond. you can find out about the plan here. There’s also a
Washington forest screen-saver you can download.
http://www.washingtonforests.com/fff_agreement.html
GALTECH Free forest and tree wallpaper for your computer.
http://www.galttech.com/wallpaper/wallforests.shtml
TREES ARE MY FRIENDS
Information about trees and related
activities for environmentally active kids.
http://www.treesaremyfriends.org/raymond.htm
