Links and Contact
TreeTree was created by Robin Hull. He is a Committee member of the Highbury Community Association, www.highburycommunity.org, and a member of the Highbury Fields Association, www.highburyfieldsassociation.org. Both amenity groups have a strong interest in local trees.
The most complete survey of London planes and Oriental planes has been undertaken by I M Chengappa whose website www.aranya.co.uk/planes covers Botany, Usage, Cultivation and Identification. Mr Chengappa has been a great support in assisting me to develop my own interest in plane trees.
The London Assembly Environment Committee has published two reports on trees in London showing concerns that mature trees are reducing in number at an alarming rate. Download “Branching Out, The future of London’s street trees” 2011, and “Chainsaw massacre, A review of London‘s street trees”, 2007. The tally of street trees per London borough is contained in this table, Street tree numbers.
The Department for Communities and Local Government issued a report in 2008 on England's trees, “Trees in towns II”, which also charted the loss of broadleaf trees and recommended more planting of large-growing native trees rather than smaller ornamental trees.
Water is the most critical resource for trees to take up. Trees have developed control mechanisms to facilitate their use of water. This is described by Dr. Kim D Coder, University of Georgia, in “Water movement in trees”.
The management of ancient and veteran trees is a subject that has been of growing interest in recent decades. The UK has the most exceptional collection of such trees in Europe. An interesting overview of the reasons for arboricultural management of these trees and the methods being developed is given in a paper by Neville Fay, “Survey Methods & Development of Innovative Arboricultural Techniques at Key UK Veteran Tree Sites”.
An educational resource about the dating of trees, dendrochronology, and tree development, “All about tree rings”, has several links about tree dating – and to WesSpur's own tree climbing equipment. One of its links, “Life of a tree”, would appeal especially to young people learning about trees.
An introduction to soils, their variety and composition, and importance to plants, is simply described at PhysicalGeography.net. A more detailed Soil description and classification of soil is given in an article from the University of the West of England and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich. The soil Textural Triangle shows how common terms such as “sandy loam” and “clay loam” relate to one another.
A beautiful Oriental plane grows in the grounds of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Its story with many lovely illustrations has been told in “The Great Oriental Plane Tree at Emmanuel College” by Dr. Ron Gray.
Ancient Yew Group, www.ancient-yew.org
ArborEcology Ltd., www.arborecology.co.uk
Arboricultural Association, www.trees.org.uk
Forest Research, www.forestresearch.gov.uk
The London Tree Officers Association, www.ltoa.org.uk
The Tree Council, www.treecouncil.org.uk
The Tree Register, www.treeregister.org
Trees and Design Action Group, www.forestry.gov.uk
Trees for Cities, www.treesforcities.org
Woodland Trust, www.woodlandtrust.org.uk
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