USEFUL LINKS

General Education

• Urban Tree Key – Identify trees in your urban environment

• Approved Street Tree and Plant List – from San Francisco Public Works

• Urban Forestry Toolkit – from Vibrant Cities Lab

• Sunset Western Garden Book

• Trees of San Francisco

• Friends of the Urban Forest Tree Species Directory

• “What Tree Is That?” – Tree identification guide from the Arbor Day Foundation

 

Tree Care

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Soil & Plant Tissue Analysis

• Perry Laboratory

• Soil Foodweb

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Pest Control

• California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection – Pest Management

• UC Davis Integrated Pest Management

• UC Davis Integrated Pest Management En Español

• Identify garden pests

• A field guide to insects and diseases of California Oak

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Free Sick Plant Clinics

• The Berkeley Botanical Garden and the San Francisco Botanical Garden sometimes have plant clinics. 

 

Books

• Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs, published by the University of California, has excellent information with photos and tables matching symptoms to causes. It’s available online and at the San Francisco Botanical Garden Bookstore.

 

Websites

• For more information about other pests and their least-toxic control methods, visit these excellent sites:

  • San Francisco Department of the Environment

  • UC Davis Integrated Pest Management

  • UC Davis Integrated Pest Management En Español

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Tree Nurseries

These Bay Area nurseries offer good tree selections:

• Sloat Garden Center

• Flowercraft Garden Center

• Flora Grubb

• Yerba Buena Nursery

• Wegman’s Nursery

• East Bay Nursery

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Governmental Agencies

• California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection – Urban and Community Forestry

• San Francisco Department of the Environment – Coordinates various environmental programs put on by the city.

• San Francisco Public Works – For planting and removal permits for sidewalk trees and sidewalk gardening permits.

• San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department – For trees in parks and in sidewalks adjacent to parks

• UC Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco

• Urban Ecosystems and Social Dynamics Program – The leading research institute studying the environmental benefits of urban forests

• US Forest Service – Pacific Southwest Research Station