Eucalypts with potential for streets
The eucalypts (genera Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Angophora) are a group of trees…
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Risk management of urban street trees
We live in times of rising expectations. What was a luxury yesterday is taken for granted today; and tomorrow is expected to be better than today…
Reducing tree hazards in urban horticulture
As a species we are conceited, we live on earth, believing we will be here forever, and that we are the most important event the world has witnessed…
Get down and get dirty! A practical approach to assessing soils
Many tree planting and establishment problems are the result of an inadequate assessment of the characteristics of the medium into which trees are planted…
Constructing root space for trees in Australian cities
Over the last 6 years Brisbane’s central business district has grown significantly greener and more pedestrian friendly,..
Pyrus in the Waite Arboretum
The genus Pyrus stretches from north Africa through southern Eurasia to Japan. It does not extend to the Scandinavian or Siberian levels nor to India and S. E. Asia…
Quality Trees = Quality Streetscapes
I contend that the success of a tree in the landscape is determined by four factors…
The Treenet Web Application
The web application will be central to the TREENET project, and will allow us to take the next the step toward realising the primary aim of the organisation – to improve the urban forest through information sharing and research…
The value of Trees – The Big Picture
Eleven years ago, Canberra hosted the Royal Australian Institute of Parks and Recreation’s first national tree seminar titled, Trees: Management Issues for Urban Australia…
Effects of Street Trees on Soil Moisture, urban Dwellings and Pavements and the establishment of Walkley Heights in the City of Salisbury
This paper discusses research currently being undertaken by the University of South Australia…