Resources

The following links are provided as background information to help guide the Friends of Carmel Forest in their effort to plant, grow and advocate for the iconic Monterey cypress trees along Scenic Road and in the urban forest.

James Urban, FASLA

Jim Urban, University of Florida, free tree planting specifications and details

Bartlett - RESEARCH LABORATORY TECHNICAL REPORT

Tom Smiley of The Bartlett Tree Experts Research Lab on growing condition requirements for urban trees, including soil volume, soil properties and water.

UC AGRICULTURAL and natural resources

UCANR piece on how to save trees during drought

Dr. Ed Gilman, Professor Emeritus,
Environmental Horticulture Department,
University of Florida

Videos by Ed Gilman from University of Florida on tree pruning (including a Illustrated guide to pruning), root development/architecture, irrigation recommendations.

canopy – tree watering GUIDELINES

Canopy is a Bay Area/Peninsula group offering tips to local residents on tree management, including watering guidelines.

Demystifying Tree Forks: Vices and Virtues of Forks in Arboriculture

Duncan Slater, PhD at Manchester Univ. describes development and implications of codominant stems, including for tree structure and failure potential.

CITy GREEN

City Green reviews research on suspended pavement systems, including  silva cells, 

Deeproot Urban Landscape Products

Information on silva cells, providing design alternatives for installing infrastructure around trees while providing greater room for roots.

UC IPM

University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) provides a free plant disease diagnosis website to help identify common insects & diseases in CA, as well as a plant problem diagostic tool.

itree

iTree provides calculators to help establish environmental benefits provided by trees. It can be a valuable tool in advocating for greater investments in trees as part of the City infrastructure

Google Environmental Insights Explorer

Google's Environmental mapping provides data from satalite imagery analysis, such as tree canopy coverage for your region, that can help establish a current baseline and show expansion/contraction of the urban forest, opportunities for planting more trees and inequeties in existing canopy coverage. This information is critical in advocating and planning for greater investments in the urban forest.

Urban tree canopy in California

Similarly, USDA provides a free Urban tree/canopy cover viewer for CA

California tree failure database summary for Monterey cypress (Western Arborist, 2015)

Describes failure profile for Monterey cypress based on data from CTFP

Woodreeve consulting Monterey cypress management notes

I have provided 5 one-page notes on tree selection, planting, irrigating, pruning and monitoring