PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Patrick L. Churack
AU  - Robert W. Miller
AU  - Kenneth Ottman
AU  - Charles Koval
TI  - Relationship Between Street Tree Diameter Growth and Projected Pruning and Waste Wood Management Costs
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.1994.042
DP  - 1994 Jul 01
TA  - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 231--236
VI  - 20
IP  - 4
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/20/4/231.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/20/4/231.full
SO  - JOA1994 Jul 01; 20
AB  - Total pruning time, waste wood stack time, waste wood yield, and average annual diameter growth rates were determined for various diameter classes (4-16 inch; 1040 cm) of honeylocust (Gleditsia tricanthos), green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica). Norway maple (Acer platanoides), and littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata). Pruning time increased at a rate of 6 minutes per diameter inch (2.5 cm) and waste wood stack time increased at a rate of 1.5 minutes per diameter inch (1.5 cm) for all species combined. Waste wood yields increase at a rate of 3 pounds per minute pruning for all species combined. Maintenance costs and waste wood yields were higher for honeylocust than for green ash, littleleaf linden, and Norway maple.