Heat Stress in Urban Trees

Heat Stress in Urban Trees: A look at how trees respond to high temperatures and reflected heat, especially in the built environment Julianne Schieffer > Penn State Cooperative Extension Educator & Regional Urban Forester Long, hot summer days tax trees just as...

Tree Fact Sheet – Common Persimmon

COMMON PERSIMMON – Clark Beavans, Trees SC Board Member & ISA Certified Arborist Persimmon is a medium to large native shade tree but is inappropriate for use as a street tree due to the potential mess of its fruit. It is found primarily in moist...

Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale

Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale – Ann Huyler, SCFC Pee Dee Region Urban Forestry Specialist Crape Myrtles. Crepe Myrtles. Shrub. Tree. Non-native invasive. Four-season Bomb-Proof Beauty. These topics have long garnered convictions and arguments. Now, except for one:...

Basswood

Choosing the Right Tree for the Right Place Basswood/American linden Latin Name:  Tilia americana Texture:  Medium course to course Common Name(s):  Basswood, American linden Growth Rate:  Moderately fast growing Zones:  3 to 8 Light:  Full sun Height & Width: ...

Mistletoe: Dung on a twig

How would you like to be called dung-on-a-twig? There certainly are worse things in life but certainly much better things as well. Dung-on-a-twig is one of the root meanings for mistletoe, which grows on trees. This common name comes from two parts of Anglo-Saxon...