Course Overview
The main topics of introductory arboriculture are covered including tree biology, tree health, soils, fertility and water management, tree selection and establishment, pruning, safety, tree risk assessment, tree conservation issues, and sustainable management of greenbelt and interface forests.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Explain the similarities and differences between arboriculture and urban forestry.
- Discuss the benefits of trees and forests in urban and interface areas.
- Describe the structure of trees.
- Describe how trees grow, from a seed through their senescence and death.
- Compare and contrast the ecology of single trees with trees in a forest stand.
- Discuss the character of urban soils, including important differences from wildland and agricultural soils.
- Describe tree nutrition and water requirements.
- Describe the process of matching trees to site.
- Demonstrate proper pruning practice.
- Describe proper tree planting and establishment practices.
- List important safety issues and practices in arboriculture.
- Describe sustainable management practices for urban and interface greenbelt areas.
- Describe the diagnosis of plant disorders.
- Describe risk management with respect to urban and interface trees.
- Describe important urban and interface tree conservation issues including trespass cutting, fire protection, tree decline, management of riparian forests, ecological restoration of greenbelts, etc.
Effective as of Fall 2009
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