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Trees to Plant on Your Street and in Your City
I've picked ten trees that tolerate 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 and highly praised by horticulturists.

I have also eliminated messy, brittle trees that can cost property owners significant time and money for clean up. Several of these trees ha…

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