Resources

BOOKS AND PERIODICALS

• Cullina, William  Native Trees, Shrubs, & Vines. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2002
• Dirr, Michael A.  Dirr’s Hardy Trees and Shrubs:  An Illustrated Encyclopedia.  Timber Press, Portland, OR, 1997
• Dirr, Michael A.  Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.  Stipes Publishing, Champaign, IL, 1998  (The “Bible”)
• Hightshoe, Gary L.  Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Urban and Rural America.  John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1998
• Leopold, Donald J.  Native Plants of the Northeast Timber Press, Portland, OR, 2005
• Petrides, George A.  A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs: Northeastern and north-central United States (Peterson Field Guide),  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, MA, 1973
• Grimm, William Carey and Kartesz, John T.  The Illustrated Book of Trees: The Comprehensive Field Guide to More Than 250 Trees of Eastern North America,  Stackpole Books, 2001

WEBSITES

Neighboring Town Tree Websites

• Lexington Tree Committee:  http://ci.lexington.ma.us/committees/tree.cfm
• Boston Tree Information:   http://www.cityofboston.gov/Parks/StreetTrees/
• Cambridge Urban Forestry:  http://www.cambridgema.gov/theworks/ourservices/urbanforestry.aspx
• Brookline Parks and Open Space:  http://http://www.brooklinema.gov/573/Trees
• Newton’s Tree Conservancy:  http://www.newtontreeconservancy.org/
• Watertown Tree Warden:  http://www.ci.watertown.ma.us/index.aspx?nid=352

Organizations and Institutions

• American Conifer Society:  http://www.conifersociety.org/
• Arbor Day Foundation:  http://www.arborday.org/
• Department of Conservation and Recreation Bureau of Forestry: http:/www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/conservation/forestry-and-fire-control/forestry.html
• International Society of Arboriculture:  http://www.treesaregood.com/
• Schichtel’s Nursery (where DPW currently buys street trees) : http://www.schichtels.com/
• United States National Arboretum:  http://www.usna.usda.gov/
• University of Connecticut, Searchable database of trees, shrubs and vines:  http://www.hort.uconn.edu
• University of Florida:  680 Tree Fact Sheets:  http://hort.ufl.edu/database/trees/trees_scientific.shtml
• University of Massachusetts Extension Service:  Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry:  http://extension.umass.edu/landscape/
• University of New Hampshire:  Your Guide to Planting and Mulching Trees and Shrubs:  http://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource001774_Rep2501.pdf
• Virginia Cooperative Extension:  Publications and Resources – Trees, Shrubs & Vines:  http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/category/trees-shrubs-groundcovers.html
• Massachusetts Urban and Community Forestry Program Newsletter, The Citizen Forester: http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/conservation/forestry-and-fire-control/ma-urban-forestry-program-the-citizen-forester.html
• Global Forest Watch: http://www.globalforestwatch.org

ARTICLES

What Is a Tree Worth?    http://http://wilsonquarterly.com/quarterly/winter-2011-the-seven-million/what-is-a-tree-worth

Trees and Ice Storms:  The Development of Ice-Storm Resistant Urban Tree Populations:   http://www.na.fs.fed.us/urban/inforesources/TreesIceStorms2ed.pdf

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