PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Richard J. Hauer
AU  - Weishen Wang
AU  - Jeffrey O. Dawson
TI  - Ice Storm Damage to Urban Trees
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.1993.031
DP  - 1993 Jul 01
TA  - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 187--194
VI  - 19
IP  - 4
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/19/4/187.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/19/4/187.full
SO  - JOA1993 Jul 01; 19
AB  - A damage survey of parkway trees in Urbana. Illinois was made to determine critical removal and repair needs of trees immediately following a severe ice storm. Siberian elm, honeylocust, Bradford pear, common hackberry, pin oak, sycamore, green ash, and tuliptree were among the 25 major parkway tree species that sustained considerable ice damage. Larger diameter trees with broader crowns incurred most of the ice damage. Fine branching pattern, structural weakness, and higher degrees of lateral branching were associated with greater incidence of ice damage. No discernible overall relationship existed between wood specific gravity, modulus of rupture, or modulus of elasticity and susceptibility to ice damage.