Contributors and Resources

The following people have provided photographs, content, guidance, or resource material concerning the Virginia Street Tree Selector and we gratefully acknowledge their participation. –Susan Day, Research Assistant Professor, Urban Forestry and Andrew Meeks, Forestry Programmer.

Bonnie Appleton
J. Roger Harris
Alex X. Niemiera
John Peterson
John Seiler

We gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of the Virginia Department of Forestry through its Urban & Community Forestry Grants program for the construction of the Virginia Street Tree Selector.

Resources
Many sources have been consulted in characterizing trees in the Selector. Among these are:

Appleton, B. L. and L. T. Chaplin. 2001. The New York/Mid-Atlantic Gardener’s Book of Lists. Taylor Trade Publishing, Dallas, TX.

Dirr, M 1998. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, 5th ed. Stipes Publishing, Champaign, Illinois.

Bassuk, N. L., D. F. Curtis, BZ Marranca, and B. Neal. 2003. Recommended Urban Trees: Site Assessment and Tree Selection for Stress Tolerance, Urban Horticulture Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca NY.

Gerhold, H. D., W. N. Wandell, and N. L. Lacasse, Eds. 1993. Street Tree Factsheets. PennState College of Agricultural Sciences, State College, PA.

The Virginia Urban Street Tree Selector Virginia Tech Forestry Department