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This willow
oak (Quercus phellos) at
34th and Chestnut Streets on the campus
of the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia, is a great example of a
large street tree. (photo credit:
Paul Meyer)
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Morris
Arboretum programs in Urban Forestry
One of the services that the Morris Arboretum performs
as the official Arboretum of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania is to promote Urban Forestry in the Philadelphia
area and beyond. The Arboretum is represented on The Pennsylvania
Urban and Community Forestry Council, a nonprofit organization
with the goal of improving our local urban forest resource.
For more information on urban forestry, see our urban
forestry links page. The Arboretum's Urban
Forestry intern collaborates in area community
projects with the Horticulture Section Leader of Natural Areas.
For information on the Arboretum's Natural Areas and the various
stewardship projects that have been completed, click here.
The Arboretum also provides an Arboricultural
Consulting Service to help professionals and institutions
in the area properly address issues relating to urban trees.
The Morris Arboretum has been a regional leader in advancing contemporary
Urban Forestry concepts. The Arboretum, with support of
the William Penn
Foundation, is a partner with the PA
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry,
in the Tree Vitalize
program, which is helping to replace declining tree cover in the
Philadelphia area.
The Urban Forestry web pages
are intended to give visitors to the Arboretum's web site
a clear idea of our role in local urban forestry.
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The Morris
Arboretum is intimately involved with the new
Wissahickon Riparian Restoration Trail
Link.
An autumn view
towards Center City, Philadelphia, across the
tree-lined Benjamin Franklin Parkway
(photo credit: John Gannon/Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society).
The Urban Forest is all
around us! We put trees next to buildings,
along streets, and in courtyards. City parks and town
commons are also found in most American cities, and the shade
trees and ornamental trees of these open spaces provide respite
from the noise of the urban landscape. The urban forest
depends on our actions to keep it healthy, and we all benefit
when we invest the resources required to maintain it properly.
There is even evidence to prove that valuable ecosystem services
are performed by the urban forest; these services, such as
providing habitat for animals, controlling stormwater runoff,
purifying our drinking water, and filtering and cooling the
air we breathe, are taken for granted in "green" cities.
More
about urban forestry...
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