Tag: urban forests

Hurricane Recovery: Wind-Resistant Trees for Home, Business, and Park Landscaping

by Shannon Carnevale
May 11, 2026

Urban forests are the trees that surround our homes, streets, parking lots, schools, and parks. Urban forests can be used to help mitigate the negative effects caused by urbanization and development. While urban forests have many benefits, some ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources
Tags: Hurricane Preparedness, Parks, Paxton Evans, Shannon Carnevale, Trees, Urban Forests

Conserving Bird Habitat in Cities

by Jennifer Sykes
May 11, 2026

From CLUE's Urban Landscape Summit archives. Bird habitats are affected by population and urban growth, but there are opportunities to design and manage urban landscapes to benefit birds. But to get started, we need tools that turn research ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Wildlife
Tags: Archives, Birds, Forest Fragments, Habitat, Hostetler, Trees, Urban Forests, Urban Landscape Summit, Urban Landscapes

Tree-mendously Misunderstood: Clearing Up Common Tree Care Confusions

by Alyssa Vinson
September 12, 2024

Selecting a Tree You shouldn't pick the first one that catches your eye. I love these flowers! This bark is gorgeous! It’s hot, I need some shade! Reasons abound for choosing to plant a tree in your landscape. You might be lucky enough to ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources
Tags: Featured Hot Topic, Tree Care, Tree-mendously Misunderstood, Trees, Urban Forests

Leave that Tree

by Alyssa Vinson
September 4, 2024

What do we really lose when we lose a tree? A thousand silent voices removed from the universal chorus. The tree is not a stand-alone unit, a single entity, a monument of stony bark, the tree is they. A connected symbiosis of lichens, fungi, ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Backyard Trees, Featured Hot Topic, Florida Friendly Landscape, Trees, Urban Forests, Wildlife

Leave that Tree

by Alyssa Vinson
September 4, 2024

Category: Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Backyard Trees, Featured Hot Topic, Florida Friendly Landscape, Trees, Urban Forests, Wildlife

Trees, Streets, and Sidewalks

by Hannah Eason
March 27, 2024

From a society standpoint, we are encouraged to think about the greenhouse gas removing qualities of trees, specifically, their ability to take up a lot of carbon dioxide. Running quick numbers, 1 cubic foot of concrete results in about 150 ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Arbor, Arboriculture, Buckled Sidewalks, Cflandscapes, Cma, Community Design, Community Managers, Conservation, Enews, Florida-Friendly Landscapes, Heat Island, HOA, Hoas, Homeowners Associations, Horticulture, Hwooten, ISA, Landscape, Landscape Design, Landscapes, Mature Trees, Ocextension, Planners, Shade, Sidewalk Repair, Sidewalks, Tree, Tree Conflicts, Tree Issues, Tree Planning, Tree Removal, Tree Replacement, Trees, Urban Canopy, Urban Forest, Urban Forestry, Urban Forests

Urban Forests For the Birds – Part 1. Introduction

by Robert Northrop
March 2, 2022

Urban Forests For the Birds - Part 1. Introduction The urban forest has the capacity to provide habitat for birds. This is important because birds make significant contributions to the function of the urban forest ecosystem. Songbirds birds ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Urban Forests, Urban Wildlife

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