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ELLOWWOOD IS USED WIDELY IN URBAN SETTINGS IN
)NDIANA 7E HAVE A FOREST CALLED 9ELLOWWOOD 3TATE
&OREST WITH JUST ONE STAND OF YELLOWWOOD IN THE SOUTH
EAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY 3INCE MOST PEOPLE CANT
HIKE THAT FAR IN TO SEE THE NATIVE STAND STAFF PLANTED A
SPECIMEN IN FRONT OF THE FOREST OFFICE TO SEE LET FOLKS SEE
THE FORESTS NAMESAKE )T IS WELL CARED FORSUBJECT TO
THE STRESSES OF A RECREATIONAL AREA AND ADJACENT PARKING
LOTBUT ITS DOING OK )TS IN AN URBAN SITE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A FOREST
—Pam Louks, IN2Trees, www.in2trees.com
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N ARBORIST FRIEND OF MINE ASKED IF ) COULD PLANT A
YELLOWWOOD AS A STREET TREE TO REPLACE A "RADFORD
PEAR THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED ) WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE
SPECIES BUT ) SAW IT AS A WAY TO INCREASE TREE DIVERSITY
AND ADD A NATIVE SPECIES ALONG THE STREET WHICH WAS
THEN HEAVY WITH "RADFORD PEAR AND REDBUD )T IS STILL
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4HE ONLY ISSUE THAT WE ARE RUNNING INTO WITH YELLOWWOOD
SPECIFICALLY IS STOCKING /UR CONTRACTORS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY
SOURCING THE AMOUNT OF YELLOWWOODS THAT WE HAVE REQUEST
ED WE HOPE THAT THE NURSERY INDUSTRY WILL BEGIN INCLUDING
THIS TREE IN THEIR PROPAGATION PROGRAMS AND INVENTORY
—Duff McCully, Lead Urban Forester at District
Department of Transportation- Urban Forestry
Administration, Washington, DC
BEING EVALUATED FOR FURTHER USE AS A STREET TREE BUT
SO FAR THE SPECIES SEEMS TO TOLERATE URBAN CONDITIONS
ESPECIALLY ALKALINE P( AND IT HAS CONSISTENTLY SHOWN
GOOD FALL COLOR
—Paul Eriksson, Natural Resources Specialist, City of
Cumberland, Maryland
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