Ecological Renovation In Communities
The places where we live remain connected to natural life support processes. With land development, safety, and cultural issues, these lifelines become more strained. As we cleanse and sterilize our environment, connections with other life, and associated sustaining processes, diminish. Our interconnections with the ecological framework around us is supplanted ...
Native Tree Species Of Georgia By Coder Planting Zones
Key to proper selection of a native tree for planting on any particular site is assuring it can handle various climatic and micro-site characteristics. One critical value for native trees is surviving and thriving under the normal temperature and precipitation regimes expected on a site. This attribute of surviving and ...
Native Trees Found In Every County of Georgia
Some native trees grow successfully in every Georgia county and in any part of the State. Key to proper selection of a Georgia native tree for planting is assuring it can handle various climatic and micro-site characteristics. Critical measures of native trees surviving and thriving statewide are shown in one ...
Invasive Insects of Concern to Georgia
Field guide to introduced and invasive insects of concern to Georgia. This guide includes 21 insects, one spider, and one tick species that occur in Georgia or are in the USA and would be problematic if/when the species infests Georgia. Each species has a page with descriptions, images, and other ...
Branch Length Faults & Failures
In order to appreciate branch success, branch failure should be examined. How do branches fail? When branches fail and are sealed-off, their history is embedded within the nodal area. (Coder 2019a) Branch failure is a common event in trees. In one study of branch failures during a major storm, branch ...
Most Common United States & Southeastern Community Trees
Professional tree health care providers in different states and sub-state units, all with unique tree species and growing conditions were asked to list the most common and important street and shade tree species for their geographic area. All species lists were consolidated to generate a composite list for the United ...
Endangered Species: FLORIDA TORREYA or FLORIDA NUTMEG Torreya taxifolia (Yew Family)
The Florida torreya is found in rich, hardwood hammock forests along the Apalachicola River and its tributaries in western Florida and far southwest Georgia. Sites have rich, moist, sandy-loam soils. This species is only native in four counties:
Redbay (Persea borbonia): Drifting Toward Extinction
At the edge of streams, springs, and swamps hides the redbay tree. Redbay (Persea borbonia), with its evergreen aromatic leathery leaves, dark blue fruit hanging on into winter, and reddish bark, is a jewel among trees. The Native Americans found a host of medicinal uses for this medium sized tree. ...
Frankincense & Myrrh: Gifts of Tree History
The Winter holidays have many tree related symbols and images. The Christmas tree, frankincense, mistletoe, myrrh, holly berries, and mantle greenery over a wood fireplace all bring fond memories of past times. One symbolic gesture of holidays stretching back to the most ancient of days is giving of precious gifts. ...
Osage-Orange (Maclura pomifera): A Traveling Tree
Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera) is a small tree in which people have found great value. Once discovered by early European settlers, it was haphazardly carried and tended across the continent. Between 1855 and 1875 there was an agricultural hedge program to plant the species. Because of its attributes, it was prized ...