Tree fact sheets
Here are many formatted print friendly fact sheets on various tree topics. These are also available on other parts of this web site. This page simply files them for you in one convenient place.
Individual tree fact sheets
Designing urban areas
- Designing urban spaces for trees (989KB pdf -- 8 pgs. in color)
Growing trees
- Strategies for growing a high quality root system, trunk and canopy in a container nursery (7.89MB pdf -- 27 pgs. in color)
- Producing quality shade trees in the nursery (867KB pdf -- 2 pgs. b&w)
- Growing quality root systems (452KB pdf -- 3 pgs. color)
Selecting trees
- Site evaluation and species selection (1.13MB pdf -- 11 pgs. in color)
- Selecting quality trees from the nursery (1MB pdf -- 8 pgs. in color)
Planting trees
- Planting and establishing trees (1MB pdf -- 9 pgs. in color)
- Specifications for planting trees and shrubs in southeastern US (4 pgs. b&w)
Pruning trees
- Pruning young trees (1.83MB pdf -- 11 pgs. in color)
- Pruning mature trees (2MB pdf -- 14 pgs. in color)
- Restoring trees following a storm (1.97MB pdf -- 10 pgs. in color)
- Pruning landscape trees and shrubs (11 pgs. b&w)
- Pruning objective ((867KB pdf -- 2 pgs. b&w)
- Pruning cut types (927KB pdf -- 2 pgs. b&w)
- Developing a pruning plan (755KB pdf -- 2pgs. b&w)
- Structural pruning (905KB pdf -- 2 pgs. b&w)
- Cleaning (930KB pdf -- 2 pgs. b&w)
- Raising (685KB pdf -- 2 pgs. b&w)
- Thinning (763KB pdf -- 2 pgs. b&w)
- Reducing (911KB pdf -- 2 pgs. b&w)
- Palms (874KB pdf -- 2 pgs. b&w)
- Producing quality shade trees in the nursery (867KB pdf -- 2 pgs. b&w)
Storms and trees
- Wind and trees: lessons learned from hurricanes (17MB pdf -- 17 pgs. in color)
- Assessing hurricane-damaged trees and deciding what to do (2MB pdf -- 17 pgs. in color)
- Cleaning up after the storm (346KB pdf -- 3 pgs. in color)
- Hiring an arborist (393KB pdf -- 3 pgs. in color)
- Developing an urban forestry management plan for hurricane-prone communities (671KB pdf -- 11 pgs. in color)
