Western Arborist Tree Series

This series of articles from Fall 2011 thru Winter 2013 covered landscape and urban forest trees, including Angophora costa, Eucalyptus spathulata, Corymbia torelliana, Bombax ceiba, Metrosideros polymorpha, Sapindus saponaria, Acacia pendula, Olmediella betschleriana, Robinsonella cordata, and Chiranthodendron pentadactylon. Starting in 2015, the series moved from Western Arborist to the on-line journal PalmArbor (access with drop- down tab on previous screen), with Alectryon excelsus as the initial installment at this new site. Each species profile includes information that arborists, urban foresters, landscape architects, horticulturists, and other professionals in related fields can use in selecting and managing these trees in our landscapes and urban forests. Such information includes growth characteristics, identification, esthetic features, distribution and ecology, environmental tolerances, site suitability, cultural and management considerations, possible problems, and propagation. Generally this series focuses on under-utilized or undeservedly rare trees in our landscape and urban forests.