RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Relationship Between Street Tree Diameter Growth and Projected Pruning and Waste Wood Management Costs
JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
JO JOA
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 231
OP 236
DO 10.48044/jauf.1994.042
VO 20
IS 4
A1 Patrick L. Churack
A1 Robert W. Miller
A1 Kenneth Ottman
A1 Charles Koval
YR 1994
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/20/4/231.abstract
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.