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OTHER TREE RESOURCES

 

Keep on learning.

Tree Planting and Preservation

  • How to Plant a Containerized Tree
  • How to Plant a Containerized Tree Video
  • How to Plant a "Ball & Burlap" Tree
  • Basic Tree Care and Maintenance
  • Indiana 811 - Call Before You Dig
  • US Forest Service, Tree Owner's Manual
  • Why Topping Hurts Trees (ISA)
  • Why Topping Hurts Trees (Tree City)
  • Trees and Electricity
  • Invasive Plants of Indiana (INPAWS)
  • Invasive Plants of the Midwest (MIPN)
  • Find a Tree Care Service

Indianapolis Recommended Street Tree List

  • Overstory
  • Understory
  • Evergreen

Research Demonstrating the Positive Impact of Trees

  • Landscape and Human Health Laboratory: 
    Read about Dr. Frances E. Kuo's fascinating research on the positive effect of trees on social and environmental health in the inner-city.
  • Human Dimensions of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening: 
    Read about Dr. Kathleen L. Wolf's research about the relationships between nature and consumer environments, trees and transportation, benefits of trees on human behavior and more!

Great Tree Books to Check Out

  • Dirr, Michael A.  Manual of Woody Landscape Plants:  Thier Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propogation and Uses.  Champaign:  Stipes Publishing, 1975.
  • Hightshoe, Gary L.  Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Urban and Rural America.  Toronto:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1988.
  • Jackson, Marion T. 101 Trees of Indiana. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003.
  • Johnson, Warren T. and Howard H. Lyon.  Insects That Feed On Trees And Shrubs.  Ithaca:  Cornell University Press, 1991.
  • Sinclair, Wayne A. and Howard H. Lyon.  Diseases of Trees and Shrubs.  Ithaca:  Cornell University Press, 2005.
  • Tallamy, Douglas W. Bringing Nature Home:  How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2007.
  • Weeks, Sally S., Harmon P. Weeks, Jr. and George R. Parker.  Native Trees of the Midwest:  Identification, Wildlife Values, and Landscaping Use.  West Lafayette:  Purdue University Press, 2005.

Local and National Partners

  • Alliance for Community Trees
  • Indiana Urban Forestry Council
  • Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Community and Urban Forestry
  • Indiana Arborist Association
  • Hoosier Heartland RC&D Plant A Million
  • Purdue Extension Marion County
  • Arbor Day Foundation

 Other Resources

  • Indiana Department of Natural Resources: Forestry Publications

 

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