PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gllman, Edward F.
TI  - Predicting Root Spread From Trunk Diameter and Branch Spread
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.1988.021
DP  - 1988 Apr 01
TA  - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 85--89
VI  - 14
IP  - 4
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/14/4/85.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/14/4/85.full
SO  - JOA1988 Apr 01; 14
AB  - Trunk diameter and branch crown spread were linearly correlated with root spread in honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis), green ash (Fraxinus pensylvanica),poplar (Populus x generosa), red maple (Acer rubrum) and southern magnolia (Magnolia grandifiora) but not in live oak (Quercus virgìniana). Maximum root spread (excluding live oak) ranged from 1.68 times the dripline for ash to 3.77 for magnolia. Mean maximum root spread was 2.9 times the dripline. Roots growing farthest from the trunk were consistently near the soil surface.