BOOKS
Modern
Arboriculture. Dr.
Alex L. Shigo, 1991.
A New Tree Biology;
Facts, Photos, and Philosophies Trees and their Problems
and Proper Care. Dr.
Alex L. Shigo, 1986.
A New Tree Biology
Dictionary; Terms, Topics, and Treatments for Trees and
their Problems and Proper Care. Dr. Alex L.
Shigo, 1986.
Trees of Pennsylvania;
A Complete Reference Guide. Dr. Ann Fowler
Rhoads, Dr. Timothy A. Block, illustrated by Anna Anisko.
Available
at the Arboretum Bookstore.
The Plants of
Pennsylvania; An Illustrated Manual. Dr.
Ann Fowler Rhoads, Dr. Timothy A. Block, illustrated by
Anna Anisko. Available
at the Arboretum Bookstore.
The Body Language
of Trees; A Handbook For Failure Analysis.
Claus Mattheck and Helge Breloer, 1994.
Stupsi Explains the
Tree; A Hedgehog Teaches the Body Language of Trees.
Claus Mattheck, 1999.
Tree Pruning; A Worldwide
Photo Guide. Dr. Alex L. Shigo, 1989.
Tree Biology and Tree
Care; a Photo Guide. Dr. Alex L. Shigo,
Klaus Vollbrecht, and Niels Hvass, 1987.
Trees: Structure and
Function. Martin H. Zimmermann and Claud
L. Brown, 1971.
Tree Finder; A Manual
for the Identification of Trees by Their Leaves.
May Theilgaard Watts, 1991.
Manual of
Woody Landscape Plants; Their Identification, Ornamental
Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses.
Michael A. Dirr, 1998.
Arboriculture;
Integrated Management of Landscape Trees, Shrubs, and
Vines, 2nd ed. Richard W. Harris, 1992.
Urban Forestry; Planning and Managing Urban Greenspaces,
2nd ed. Robert W. Miller, 1997.
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS
ANSI
A-300 Standards for Tree Care
(American National Standard for Tree Care Operations-
Trees, Shrubs and Other Woody Plant Maintenance- Standard
Practices).
ANSI Standards
for Tree Planting
ANSI Standards
for Tree Cabling and Bracing
ANSI Standards
for Tree Lightning Protection (in progress)
All ANSI
Standards are published by the American National Standards Institute.
WEB
RESOURCES
(links to outside web sites)
680
Tree Fact Sheets. Downloadable
PDFs from the University of Florida’s Environmental Horticulture
school, listed in an easily browsed format
Forest and Tree Health
Fact Sheets. Leaflets, pamphlets, pest alerts,
and bulletins from the USDA Forest Service St. Paul Field
Office (Midwest Region)
Forest Insect and
Disease Leaflets, also from the USDA Forest Service
St. Paul Field Office
Forest
Pests of North America, a collaborative project between
the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forest Resources
and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Dept. of Entomology, and the USDA Forest Service Forest
Health Protection Service
Dr.
Alex L. Shigo's "100 Tree Myths", now out of print,
has been made available in an online format with the author's
permission
Tree Identification
Key from Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources
Forestry Outreach program
The USDA Forest
Service's Mid-Atlantic Urban
and Community Forestry Resource Library search page
Michigan State
University's Urban Forestry Database, an on-line database
of internet links to MSU resources as well as links to
outside resources
Dendrology
at Virginia Tech
meanings of some Latin tree species names (also from
Dendrology at Virginia Tech)
Native
Plant Resources; plant fact sheets from the Bowman's
Hill Wildflower Preserve web site
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