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<br /> <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />S. Select healthy, quality nursery stock for tree planting (refer to Diagram 1). Be sure to obtain trees that <br />meet your state's Grades and Standards. This will reduce pruning requirements in the years following <br />planting and help ensure that trees are healthy when they reach the planting site. <br /> <br />What to look for <br /> <br />What to avoid <br /> <br /> <br />I Evenform~....' <br /> <br />~ <br />Foliage: Good <br />color no Insect <br />damage <br /> <br />Single trunk or <br />leader <br /> <br />~'. J <br />.;1 <br />" !k'P", <br />... ).-n" :~'''' <br />,,~,.t; j' <br />;-, fj <br />~t 'I ,., <br />.;;1 <br />I Weak crotches ~ <br /> <br />Multip1e leaders <br />indicates tree <br />was topped <br /> <br />Foliage pale <br />color insect <br />damage <br /> <br /> <br />/, <br /> <br />'~i ::~_~ _~, <br /> <br />Broken <br />branches <br />or bark wounds <br /> <br />Rush cuts <br />(pruning cuts <br />made to close) <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />, <br />^,-.".. <br /> <br />Diagram 1. Recommendations for choosing quality nursery stock. <br />(Florida Dept. of Ag. & Consumer Services) <br /> <br />6. Where autumnal ice storms are common, avoid planting species that retain their foliage late into the <br />fall. These species can capture a greater weight of ice and are, therefore, more susceptible to <br />breakage. The following species tend to keep their foliage until late in the fall (Harris, 1992): <br /> <br />European white birch (Betula pendu/a! <br />Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) <br />Magnolia variety (Magnolia x soulangiana) <br />Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea! <br />Pin oak (Quercus palustrus! <br />English oak (Quercus robur) <br />Weeping willow (Salix babylonica) <br /> <br />7. Where spring ice storms are common, avoid planting species that leaf out early. Example of these <br />species include (Harris, 1992): <br /> <br />Boxelder (Acer negundo) <br />- Tulip poplar lLiriodendron tulipifera) <br /> <br />131 <br />