McKownville
Improvement Association
- Tree and shrub reference and resource list
Street tree surveys and advisory programs in nearby towns
Town
of Bethlehem Street Tree Advisory Committee
Bethlehem
Street Tree Inventory Analysis and Management Plan [pdf]
Town of Niskayuna Tree
Council [town website page]
learn
about trees town street tree
coverage map
Online lists of recommended trees
Landscaping
with Native Trees -Tree selections for the Capital District of New
York: 2012 [pdf]
published by: ECOS: The
Environmental Clearinghouse
Cornell University Urban Horticulture Institute
Recommended
Urban Trees
Woody
Plants Database - find the right tree for your site (with
photos)
Street
Trees for Troy, NY [pdf]
Compiled by Nina Bassuk, Cornell University: 2016
published on City
of Troy website street
tree inventory announcement
Native
Tree and Shrub Profiles [pdf]
Prepared by Tim Kennelty, Master Gardener Cornell Cooperative
Extension: 2021
available on Columbia-Greene
Cornell Cooperative Extension website
New
York City Street Tree Planting Approved Species List [pdf]
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation [website
list]
New York City Street
Tree Map
Books
An online source link is provided for each book; since we support
diversity in the ecology of both natural and economic ecosystems,
you may note that none of them are to Amazon. Or better yet, support
your local bookstore, The Book
House
These links do not constitute an endorsement of the sources by the
McKownville Improvement Association.
The Living Landscape, by Rick Darke & Doug Tallamy
2014, Timber Press ISBN-13: 9781604694086 at The Book House
at alibris.com
Natures Best Hope, by Douglas Tallamy
2020, Timber Press ISBN-13: 9781604699005 at The Book House
at Barnes
& Noble
Essential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern United
States: The Guide to Creating a Sustainable Landscape by Tony
Dove & Ginger Woolridge
2018, Imagine ISBN 13: 9781623545031 at The Book House
at biblio.com
Other recommended websites
The Morton Arboretum
Plant And Protect -
Encouraging the planting and conservation of trees and plants
Search
Trees and Plants
Tree
and Plant Care
Benefits
of Trees
Missouri
Botanical Garden
Help
for the home gardener (an astonishingly extensive and
excellent resource)
NY State Department of
Environmental Conservation
Colonel William F.
Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery
Spring Seedling
Sale
Tree Planting
Instructions
National Wildlife Federation
Native Plant Finder
Trees for Wildlife
return to trees and shrubs
introduction
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