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TBUFC Feature Articles
A series of stories and technical briefs of service to our local community providing solutions
to problems unique to our region and disseminating information of interest to the local tree loving populace. |
Trees for the Blackland Prairie
An Easy Tree Growing Guide for Dallas and North Central Texas
This material was taken from
the TBUFC poster, Tree
Guide,
An Easy Tree Growing Guide. The 30'
x 28" poster features 30 species for Dallas
and North Central Texas, first published in 2000
and now republished with updated information in 2003. The poster
was designed and illustrated
by Kalena Cook, Down To Earth
Design, Dallas, Texas. The text
copy and technical information
was written by Reneé Burke-Brown, City of
Plano.
The original artwork was scanned
for this web site article,
the copy transcribed and HTML and
JavaScript written by Doug
Pierson of Pierson Publishing. Links to
the the four topical sections
of the poster are below:
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Champion
Trees of the Metroplex (revised
July 2007)
State Regional Forester Courtney Blevins
and Doug Pierson have updated the list of big trees,
Champion
Trees of DFW, dated July 22, 2007. Trees
are sorted by common name with details on the Trunk
Circumference, Crown
Spread, Height, Index, Owner/Location,
Nominator and Championship Status. We have National and State Champions right here
in the Metroplex! (This is a Microsoft Excel file. To save the
file,
right click on file link, select "save file as", then save to your
hard drive.) The original and main web site for the project is at
TexasTreeTrails.org. The database for
the Champion list is online and you can search
for each of the trees from the database
including their first on-line, virtual tour. The
database is a "work in progress" as
they are
adding and updating tree records, with more
recent measurements and photographs. The Tree
Trails team are also working on a similar
database for Historic and Heritage trees for
the DFW Metroplex. This portion of the project
should ready for viewing very soon. A very
exciting project indeed.
DFW Metroplex Champion Cottonwood
click for photo ! [ 11/2000 - 407 points! ]
Saving Grace
Grace is a Champion Catalpa
near White Rock Lake. Read about her in this
article from the Dallas Morning News.
 If you have a Palm Pilot (Palm, HandSpring Visor, etc.) with Palm
OS greater than 3.5.1 and
HandMark's
MobilDB3.0 Mobile Database,
Courtney has made the same
champion/big tree list above available for download
Champion Trees of the Metroplex
in mobiledb3 format for your palm pilot.
[Right click
on file link, select "save file as", then save to your hard drive.
Sync to your PDA as specified in your PDA user
manual.] |
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Tree
Species Selector for Dallas and
North Central Texas
A guide for
selecting appropriate trees for
your regional landscape. Select
a tree from the clickable image
map choices to retrieve specific
information regarding your tree
of interest.
The images and
information in the Tree Selector pages
came from the 2003 Tree Guide poster. All
credits as above apply here. |
Click Here |
Organic
Pest Control:
Puffery or Promise
Organic
Pest Control: Puffery or Promise
A feature article by Mike Merchant,
BCE Texas Cooperative Extension,
Texas A&M University, Research
and Extension Center, Dallas.
Is organic pest control all it's
cracked up to be? Find out. You
can contact Mike by email at
M-merchant@tamu.edu.
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Tree
Protection
Pays
Tree
Protection Pays Irrigation
& Green Industry
By: Helen M. Stone
"No one thinks about tree protection,
especially
the
contractor.
At the
completion
of the
projects
everyone
is shrugging
their
shoulders
and
pointing
fingers.
The
trees
end
up being
the
losers."
If you follow a few simple steps, you should successfully save your most prized specimens.
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"Trees play a vital role in our environment, providing food and shelter, helping to cool our surroundings, absorbing pollution, and emitting life-giving atmospheric gases. Their importance is crucial in urban areas and are a resource we often take for granted." |
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