Open AccessRelationship Between Street Tree Diameter Growth and Projected Pruning and Waste Wood Management Costs
Author(s) -
Patrick L. Churack,
Robert W. Miller,
Kenneth Ottman,
C. F. Koval
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
arboriculture and urban forestry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 2155-0778
pISSN - 1935-5297
DOI - 10.48044/jauf.1994.042
Subject(s) - pruning , fraxinus , horticulture , maple , environmental science , tilia , stack (abstract data type) , pulp and paper industry , forestry , botany , mathematics , geography , biology , engineering , pollen , computer science , programming language
Total pruning time, waste wood stack time, waste wood yield, and average annual diameter growth rates were determined for various diameter classes (4-16 inch; 10- 40 cm) of honeylocust (Gleditsia tricanthos), green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), Norway maple (Acerplatanoides), and littleleaf linden {Tilia cordata). Pruning time increased at a rate of 6 minutes per diameter inch (2.5 cm) and waste wood stack time increased at a rate of 1.5 minutes per diameter inch (1.5 cm) forall species combined. Waste wood yields increase at a rate of 3 pounds per minute pruning for all species combined. Maintenance costs and waste wood yields were higher for honeylocust than for green ash, littleleaf linden, and Norway maple.