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City Trees Sept/Oct 2022
Volume 59, Number 5
F E A T U R E S
11 Meet SMA Student Member Alex Fosket
12 Tulip Tree among the Oaks: Notes on My
Favorite Forest Tree
by Georgia Silvera Seamans
18 Highlights from the 2022 MFI Diversity
Mentoring Program
23 New Diploma in Urban Tree Management
from Universidad de La Frontera is the First of
its Kind in Chile
by Dr. Adison Altamirano et al.
28 The Nina Bassuk Retirement Interview
by Michelle Sutton
38 Tree of Merit: Becky Schwartz Reports
Compton oak (Quercus × comptoniae)
with Dave Muffly
D E P A R T M E N T S
4 Officers' Messages
Sam Oludunfe and Leslie Berckes
6 SMA Membership Information
8 Contributors to This Issue
Cover: Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) in a pollinator garden
along the Queensboro Bridge, New York City.
Photo by James Kaechele
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