URBAN TREE THREATS DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND POOR CULTURAL PRACTICES
Detrimental environmental conditions and poor cultural practices can result in urban tree damage or death. Learn more about five major environmental conditions and cultural practices that affect urban trees and recommended strategies to improve tree health:
- Injuries
- Planting
- Water Supply
- Selection and Placement
- Pruning
Tree injuries, multiple causes
ISSUES
MANAGEMENT strategies for EXISTING TREES Strategies to protect tree trunks from equipment/mechanical damage:
REFERENCE AND RESOURCE WEBSITES – MANAGING TREE INJURIES
https://extension.psu.edu/prevent-moweritis-from-killing-your-young-trees-and-shrubs https://pubs.nmsu.edu/_h/H505/index.html https://cals.arizona.edu/yavapai/anr/hort/byg/archive/sunscald2021.html forestry.usu.edu/files/utah-forest-facts/sunscald-injury-or-southwest-winter-injury-on-deciduous-trees.pdf https://extension.colostate.edu/docs/pubs/garden/02932.pdf http://pubs.cahnrs.wsu.edu/publications/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/publications/fs197e.pdf https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1222.pdf https://extension.umd.edu/resource/phytotoxicity-damage-trees https://extension.psu.edu/phytotoxicity |
Tree Selection and Placement Issues
ISSUES
MANAGEMENT OF EXISTING TREES
STRATEGIES FOR SELECTING AND PLACING NEW TREES
REFERENCE AND RESOURCE WEBSITES - TREE SELECTION AND PLACEMENT
https://wwv.isa-arbor.com/store/product/104/ https://new.azwater.gov/conservation/landscaping https://dffm.az.gov/sites/default/files/media/APS%20Right%20Tree%20Right%20Place%20Brochure-EN.pdf https://www.aztrees.org/Resources/Documents/Planting_Guides/RightTreeRightPlace_guide.pdf https://treenm.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Climate-Ready-Trees-Zone-Lists-6.23.22.pdf https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/Climate-Ready-Trees-Report-Nov2020.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI5HbSKm-CQ |
Tree Pruning Issues
ISSUES
Pruning MANAGEMENT to support tree health
FIREWISE PRACTICES TO PROTECT TREES FROM WILDFIRE
REFERENCE AND RESOURCE WEBSITES - Pruning MANAGEMENT to support tree health
https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/attachment/PruningTreesandShrubs-2.pdf https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1139-2015.pdf https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1455.pdf https://pubs.nmsu.edu/_h/H156/index.html https://pubs.nmsu.edu/_h/H327/index.html https://wwv.isa-arbor.com/store REFERENCE AND RESOURCE WEBSITES - FIREWISE PRACTICES TO PROTECT TREES FROM WILDFIRE https://dffm.az.gov/sites/default/files/media/LivingWithWildfire_HomeownersFirewiseGuideForArizona_June2016.pdf https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/LivingwithFire_2018_NMStateForestry_FINAL.pdf |