How to Conduct a Street Tree Inventory

Tree City USA Bulletin #23—Sources for More Information

There is considerable information available online by typing “street tree inventories” into your favorite search engine.

Publications

A number of articles have appeared in magazines such as Tree Care Industry (Nov. 2001) and Journal of Arboriculture (regularly). A current textbook that devotes an entire chapter to street tree inventories and a helpful bibliography is: Urban Forestry — Planning and Managing Urban Greenspaces by Robert W. Miller. This useful book should be part of every urban forester and tree board member’s reference library. It can be purchased at amazon.com.

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Sources of Professionals to Help with Inventories

• Your state urban and community forestry coordinator. View the nationwide list we have compiled.
• American Association of Consulting Arborists.
• International Society of Arboriculture.

More Information

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