Arboriculture and the Law
By Victor D. Merullo & Michael J. Valentine

This handsome publication is a superb reference manual. Although not a substitute for specific legal advice, it discusses many duties and responsibilities a landowner, municipality, private tree company, practicing arborist, or public company has under various circumstances.

Guide to Plant Appraisal, 9th Edition

Authored by the Council of Tree and Landscape Appraisers, this publication is intended to provide the professional plant appraiser with information to properly determine the size, species, condition, and location factors that influence the value of plants.

Guide to the Plant Health Care Management System, 3rd Edition

The Plant Health Care approach is a simple and elegant yet multifaceted and comprehensive concept in plant management. This updated third edition includes vital information for establishing a successful Plant Health Care practice. The guide helps the green-industry professional discover a new approach to doing business in the tree care industry. The guide focuses on four key components: marketing, sales, monitoring, and treatment.

Horticopia Arborist Edition CD

Horticopia Arborist Edition combines the work of Dr. Edward F. Gilman's Illustrated Pruning and Planting CD with Horticopia software, data, and photographs. In addition to the illustrations available with Illustrated Pruning and Planting, users have access to 7,600+ pictures for more than 2,200 trees; all complete with data, botanical pronunciation, and extensive search capabilities. Pictures and information can be e-mailed, printed in a variety of formats, and copied for use in other applications.

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An Illustrated Guide to Pruning, 2nd Edition
By Edward F. Gilman

This new edition details the appropriate training and pruning practices vital to developing sustainable structure in the first 25 years of a tree's life. This thoroughly updated 2nd edition provides numerous illustrations and concepts to help prevent problems in young and medium-aged trees.

Photo Guide to Hazard Tree Evaluation in Urban Areas
By Nelda Matheny & James R. Clark

This second edition is designed to assist managers in evaluating the hazard potential of trees.

By providing a systematic rating approach, evaluations allow managers to identify hazard situations, rank their relative severity, and create a priority for work.

Along with numerous illustrations, the book includes a 16-page section containing 43 full-color figures.

The guide focuses on several important aspects: review of past and present site conditions; identification and assessment of structural defects in root, root crown, trunk, and crown; evaluation of likely and significant failure; assessment of the significance of the target; development of the hazard rating.

The guide concentrates primarily on trees in urban areas. These environments are recognized as having unique combinations of tree species and site characteristics that place trees in proximity to a variety of targets, requiring a more systematic approach to evaluation and abatement.

Plant Health Care for Woody Ornamentals
By John Lloyd

This publication is the most comprehensive manual available on plant health maintenance.

PHC practitioners will find this reference manual invaluable in many situations. They will be able to turn to this book for information on basic biology of woody plants, understanding stress and pest complexes, abiotic disorders and diseases, management of insect and vertebrate pests, weed management, and working with clients and the public.

This handsome reference features 150 color photos and nearly 100 illustrations. The text provides a comprehensive systems approach to the care of woody ornamentals.

The authors combine to produce a nonbiased, research-based volume emphasizing explanations of concepts as well as facts. It includes a glossary and index and easy-to-use tables and charts.

Designed as a companion volume to ISA’s Guide to the Plant Health Care Management System.

Planting Trees and Shrubs
By Gary W. Watson & E.B.Himelick

Widely accepted as the leading text on planting techniques, this book is based on the latest research results and professional recommendations.

Topics include planting site evaluation and preparation, plant selection and transport, planting methods and season, root system development after planting, post-transplanting stress and establishment, care after planting, common problems of transplanted trees, and guidelines for planting specifications.

Reducing Infrastructure Damage By Tree Roots: A Compendium of Strategies
By L.R. Costello and K.S. Jones

Infrastructure Damage by tree roots is a costly problem in most cities in the United States and elsewhere. Much attention has been directed at developing strategies to reduce damage and repair costs. This book was developed to serve as a concise and comprehensive reference on the subject of tree and infrastructure conflicts.

The book is divided into three groups based on the focus of action: tree-based, infrastructure-based, and root zone-based.

This 119 page, 8.5" by 11" soft cover book contains many photographs, charts, examples, and scaled engineered drawings that will guide you through a thoughtful analysis of solving how to make greenfrastructure and infrastructure coexist.

Trees and Development - A Technical Guide to Preservation of Trees
By Nelda Matheny & James R. Clark

Trees and Development provides the essential information necessary to tackle the difficult problem of preserving trees during all stages of the development process.