The following articles will assist urban foresters as well as business and homeowners who are concerned about the planting and maintenance of trees and shrubs in urban landscapes:

To enter our database of over 600 plants click below. You can type in the common name of a plant and hit SEARCH. You will then be given a choice of plants. For another search click on ENTER NEW PARAMETERS. If you are not certain of the common name just click on SEARCH, wait a few seconds and you will have access to the entire database. Plants are listed alphabetically by their scientific names. Many pages have a number of photographs as well as information on the leaves, flowers, fruit, bark, growth rate, cultivars, insects, growth habits, sun requirements and other pertinent information.

Click here to see the Species Value List - 180 trees from the data base, ranked according to their viability in the southeast.

Also forthcoming is our tree identification module that will allow you to identify a tree by examining the elements of a leaf.

You will soon be able to access the following web page which will be of interest to urban horticulturists as well as business and homeowners concerned about selecting and establishing trees that will thrive in particular city environments. Stay tuned...

Send horticultural questions to ktilt@acesag.auburn.edu.

Send questions and comments about this site to bfischma@acesag.auburn.edu.