Links from Course Manual

Tree Identification

• Bailey’s Home Page
• Plant ID
• Dendrology Fact Sheets
• Wayne’s Word
• Trees of Texas
• 680 Tree Fact Sheets

Tree Selection, Installation & Establishment

• Planting Trees in Landscapes

• Trees are Good (ISA)
• Planting Trees in Designed and Built Community Landscapes
• Developing Tree Purchasing and Planting Specifications for Bids
• Hardiness Zone Lookup
• Tree Planting Guide
• 680 Tree Fact Sheets
• Tree Selection for Urban and Suburban Landscapes
• Planting Details & Specifications
• Tree Selection for Drought Resistance

Trees & Construction

• Trees are Good (ISA)
• Conserving Trees During Site Development
• Construction and Trees: Guidelines for Protection
• Trees and Construction
• How to Protect Tree Roots While Replacing Sidewalks and Curbs
• Preserving Trees in Construction Sites
• Preserving Existing Landscape Trees from Construction Damage Due to Grade Changes
• Preserving Trees During Construction
• Protecting Trees from Construction Damage: A Homeowner’s Guide
• Ease Post-Construction Tree Damage with Radial Trenching (page 10)

Plant Health Care

• Trees are Good (ISA)
• Tree Problems? There’s an App for That!
• How to Identify, Prevent and Control Oak Wilt
• Texas Plant Disease Handbook
• Trees of Texas
• 680 Tree Fact Sheets

Tree Assessment & Risk Management

• Trees are Good (ISA)
• Tree Technical Manual​ (City of Palo Alto)
• Trees Risk Management and Hazard Assessment: A General Review
• Assessing Extent and Severity of Mechanical Injuries in Trees
• Hurricane Storm Surge & Seawater Damage to Trees
• Hazard Tree Identification and Mitigation
• How to Recognize and Reduce Tree Hazards in Recreational Sites
• How Trees Survive After Injury and Infection
• Hazard Tree Recognition
• Hazard Tree Guidelines for Forest Service Facilities and Roads in the Pacific Northwest Region
• Tree Diseases that Create Hazards
• Danger/Hazard Tree Removal
• How to Recognize and Prevent Tree Hazards
• There’s Life in Hazard Trees
• Hazard Tree Inspection
• Tree Risk Assessment – Recognizing and Preventing Hazard Trees
• Dead Trees Support a Bounty of Birdlife, but Preserving Them Isn’t Always Clear Cut

Urban Forestry

• Trees are Good (ISA)
• A Program for the Trunk Formula Method of Tree Appraisal
• Do Trees Strengthen Urban Communities, Reduce Domestic Violence?
• Identified Benefits of Community Trees & Forests

• Assessing the Benefits and Costs of the Urban Forest
• Comparing Formula Methods of Tree Appraisal
• Urban Forests Effects (UFORE) Model: Field Data Collection Manual
• Street and Park Tree Inventory Templates
• Comparing Top Street Tree Inventory Software
• City of Madison Tree Inventory
• Urban Forestry Management Plan Toolkit
• A Technical Guide to Developing Urban Forestry Strategic Plans & Urban Forest Management Plans
• Tree Emergency Manual for Public Officials
• Sample Urban & Community Forest Management Plan & Guidebook
• Urban Forestry Strategic Plan (City of Muskego, WI)
• Urban Forestry Management Plan (City of Eugene, OR)
• Urban Forestry South
• U.S. Air Force Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan: (Schriever AFB)
• Urban & Community Forest Master Plan (Town of Atwater, NY)
• Guidelines for Developing and Evaluating Tree Ordinances
• A Guide: Developing a Street and Park Tree Management Plan
• The Mobile Community Tree Inventory (MCTI) System
• Texas A&M Agricultural and Natural Resources Policy Internship Program
• Urban Forestry and Public Policy
• Sustaining and Funding an Urban Forestry Program
• Urban Forestry Division (Washington, DC)
• San Francisco Urban Forestry Council
• Tree Ordinances Resource List
• Georgia Tree Ordinance Development Guidebook
• How to Fund Your Urban Forestry Program