Small Trees for the Tropical Landscape

by Fred D. Rauch and Paul R. Weissich

Over the past several decades, the U.S. cityscape has changed radically. Large areas have been cleared of natural vegetation to accommodate new development. The "urban forest," which consists of all city trees, natural and planted, has been severely and negatively impacted. A 2003 study indicates that we are losing through clearing and grading four trees for every one planted. This is a wake-up call for greatly increased planting in the urban forest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824833082
• ISBN13: 9780824833084
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 11.2"