To provide the communities of South Australia with the best quality tree asset and enable, through education and the dissemination of information, a consistent approach to tree management across the state…
At some point or time during the life of a tree, failure will occur, either in the trunk, roots or branches of the tree…
The management of amenity tree replacement in mature urban landscapes will influence the character of those landscapes for future generations…
Rebecca Ramsden Tree Diagnostics Introduction The most current and recognized technology available for tree root identification is microscopy. Root sections are viewed for comparison against a root anatomy atlas to enable root identification to genus level, excluding members of the Rosaceae family, and the Salix and Populus genera (Biddle 1998; Cutler et al. 1987). This …
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Shoalhaven City Council has revised its Tree Preservation Order. It now exempts “Tree works on private land where any part of a tree is above a line 45 degrees from the vertical extension of the wall of any building measured from its base”. This rule is confusing and it does not work…
It is difficult to predict what the research priorities should be in relation to the management of urban trees in South Eastern Australia…
Port Augusta is situated at the head of Spencer’s Gulf and is the northern most regional city in South Australia. We are the driest city in the driest state on the driest continent…
Urban ecosystems are where people live at high densities (equal to or greater than 186 people/ km2). Currently, slightly less than half the world’s population lives in dense urban areas, particularly cities. In industrialised countries this percentage is closer to 80%. Nearly 85% of Australians live in towns with 1000 or more inhabitants and 2/3rd of the population live in the eight capital cities…
This paper is an overview of a preliminary investigation into all tree avenues planted as War memorials throughout Australia. It cannot claim to be a complete record and in some ways serves only to highlight the gaps in our knowledge…
David Lowenthal, in his 1985 book, The Past is a Foreign Country, emphasised the way in which we produce and reproduce the past in changing ways…
TREENET acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.
We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
