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Construction Sites & Trees
7 Tips for Successfully Building
With Trees
Courtesy of Arborday.org
If you have decided to save trees during construction,
the Arbor Day Foundation advises you to decide which
trees you wish to save and/or remove before beginning.
Show the location of trees you want to save on a plat
of your property. Enlist the help of an arborist or
forester to help decide which trees to remove and which
to save. Some species are more sensitive to change than
others. For example, some species growing in shade may
do poorly if changes result in more sunlight. Each species
also differs in how it can withstand root cutting or
how susceptible it is to insects and disease.
In general, keep only those trees that are in good
health. Save a mix of ages and sizes. Save groups of
trees if you can rather than single trees.
Harmonize your project with the natural terrain and
the trees you want to save. Consider this natural arrangement
when you plan the location of buildings, sidewalks and
driveways. You might also want to transplant trees that
are less than two inches in diameter and in the path
of buildings and other features.
In general, keep only those trees that are in good
health.
Protect “save” trees from soil compaction
and severed roots with barrier fencing of the critical
root zone. Vehicles driving or parking over roots or
construction materials stored over roots result in compaction
of the soil which cuts off the air and water passages
in the soil. Some cutting of roots near construction
is inevitable but much is avoidable. For example, the
routing of underground utilities does not have to follow
a straight line from street to house. Route selection
can often avoid important trees. When this is not possible,
tunneling can be used to significantly reduce root damage.
Choose a builder who shares your commitment to saving
trees and who has tree preservation experience. In building
as in most other undertakings, experience matters.
Communicate your tree-preservation goals to everyone
working on the project. Work with planners and architects,
engineers and utility managers to place improvements
where the impact on trees will be at a minimum. Meet
with all foremen, contractors and sub-contractors who
will work on the site. Be sure dozer operators, truck
drivers and others are aware of tree preservation signs,
fences and rules.
Provide aftercare to help trees recover from the stress
of construction. Water periodically, especially in times
of drought, and mulch the trees. Remove aggressive or
noxious plants from natural areas.
In wildfire prone areas, break up solid areas of evergreens
and avoid planting trees close to buildings. Keep trees
watered, regularly pruned and in healthy condition.
Prevent build-up of needles and dead branches. Visit
Firewise for more information.
These tips and others can make your building project
a success. To learn more, attend our Building With Trees
Conference or a seminar at a site near you.
http://www.arborday.org/shopping/conferences/conferencelist.cfm
TREE DEATH OFTEN ROOTED
IN PAST DAMAGE
Impact of construction can lead to slow demise
for seemingly healthy plant
Excerpted from Dallas Morning News:
08:29 PM CDT on Friday, August 17, 2007
By ALLEN HOUSTON / The Dallas Morning News
ahouston@dallasnews.com
Trees that survive through new construction may not
be out of the woods yet, according to several local
arborists.
A home's location and root damage during construction
can adversely affect trees over time. So 10 to 15 years
down the line, what was believed to be a healthy tree
can die.
The bulk of a tree's roots system is in the top 18
to 24 inches, while its larger roots are there to provide
structural support. The heavy equipment from construction
can cut the roots severely or compact the soil so much
that the root system declines because of a lack of oxygen.
A tree's root system can be as large as five to six
times its canopy.
On smaller lots, construction can affect the health
of the trees next door.
"Trees don't know property lines," said Phil
Erwin, acting chief arborist for the city of Dallas.
"If a house is built on a property line within
a few feet of a neighbor's house, there is a good chance
it's going to be impacted by all of the construction
going on."
Harold Spiegel, consulting arborist for Preservation
Tree Service in Dallas, said many builders and developers
were becoming more conscious of saving trees. Proper
protection can be time consuming and costly, he added.
"Dallas has become more aggressive than it used
to be," Mr. Spiegel said. "But it lags very
far behind the Northeast, California and some other
parts of the country. I don't think we have learned
that we have old-growth trees yet. In many ways, we
still have a prairie-city mentality about our city."
Justin Regan, the arborist for Justin's Tree Service,
works with builders and said much of tree protection
depends on education.
"There are a lot of good builders that perform
their due diligence and take care of trees the way that
they are supposed to," he said. "Unfortunately,
there are also developers who know that they...
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