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Evaluating Trees for Saltwater Spray Tolerance for Oceanfront Sites

Bonnie Appleton, Roger R. Huff and Susan C. French
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) July 1999, 25 (4) 205-210; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1999.030
Bonnie Appleton
1Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech, 1444, Diamond Springs Road Virginia Beach, VA 23455
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Roger R. Huff
2City of Virginia Beach Landscape Services, Municipal Center Virginia Beach, VA 23456
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Susan C. French
3Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech, 1444, Diamond Springs Road Virginia Beach, VA 23455
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    Saltwater spray desiccation of leaf margin and tip on London planetree growing along Atlantic Avenue.

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    Saltwater spray defoliation of tops of London planetrees along Atlantic Avenue where tree heights exceeded protective building heights.

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    A damage gradient on London planetree along Atlantic Avenue from more exposed sites (2 trees, left) to less exposed sites (2 trees, right).

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    Potentially saltwater spray tolerant trees deemed inappropriate for planting along Atlantic Avenue for various reasons.

    Aesculus hippocastanum—Horsechestnut (not heat tolerant, too large)
    Ailanthus altissima—Tree of heaven (fruit litter)
    Ilex chinensis, I. opaca—Chinese and American hollies (spiny leaves)
    Juniperus virginiana—Eastern red cedar (not a shade tree, insects)
    Morus spp.—Mulberries (fruit litter)
    Nyssa sylvatica—Blackgum (too large)
    Picea pungens—Colorado spruce (not heat tolerant)
    Pinus thunbergiana—Japanese black pine (sharp needles, cones, nematodes)
    Populus alba—White poplar (weak wood, invasive roots)
    Prunus spp.—Flowering cherries (insects)
    Quercus phellos—Willow oak (too large)
    Quercus virginiana—Live oak (difficult to transplant, leaf and fruit litter)
    Robinia pseudoacacia—Black locust (thorns, insects, sucker growth)
    Sabal palmetto—Cabbage palm (not cold hardy)
    Taxodium disticum—Baldcypress (too large)
    Ulmus pumila—Siberian elm (insects, weak wood)
    Washingtonia robusta—Washington palm (not cold hardy)
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Bonnie Appleton, Roger R. Huff, Susan C. French
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Jul 1999, 25 (4) 205-210; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1999.030
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