RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Tree Replacement Programs in Ohio
JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
JO JOA
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 296
OP 301
DO 10.48044/jauf.1995.048
VO 21
IS 6
A1 Struve, Daniel K.
A1 Kaster, Gary
A1 Smith, Terry
YR 1995
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/21/6/296.abstract
AB Cooperative tree replacement programs between a public utility holding company and its subsidiary and Ohio State University are described. The goals of the cooperative program are to reduce energy demand, reduce line clearance cost, develop production methods for new species, document survival and establishment in urban planting sites and increase the species diversity of urban plantings. Over a five year period, 5000 trees will be grown and transplanted. Presently, over 40 species are in production. The first plantings, established with one and two year old (1.5 to 9 m tall, 1.5 to 2.5 cm caliper) stock, were planted in 1992. Two and three year survival (averaged over all species and years) was high, 80%, but regrowth was slow, averaging 15 cm increase in height and 2.0 cm increase in diameter. Within a species, there was significant site-to-site variation in survival and growth. Successful tree replacement programs are dependent on three factors: high quality planting stock, site quality and aftercare.