Example Articles from the February TCI Magazine

 

From Back Lot to Biomass, Green Is the Scene for ROW Work

It matters not whether the conversation about living and working more responsibly started it all, or if economical exigencies did – or if it was a combination of the two.


The Wood Wide Web

In Part One of this set of articles on how trees function diff erently in urban and community forests than they do in the natural forest (“You Can Take the Tree Out of the Forest, But Not the Forest Out of the Tree,” TCI, November 2017), I discussed how the above-ground tree is shaped by the trees surrounding it.


EAB Aftermath

Emerald ash borer (EAB) is now firmly established not only in my home state of Maryland but also in some 30 other states and two Canadian provinces in North America.


Developing and Maintaining Productive Residential Soils

Residential soils are subject to human-related impacts that compromise their ability to produce healthy, long-living plants.


Big Trees, Old Trees and Growth-Factor Tables

The potential for a tree to reach a great size and to live a long life frequently captures the public’s imagination.


Root & Tree Rot - Part 9: Phaeolus Schweinitzii: Holy Cow – It’s the Cowpie Fungus

It would be odd to see a cowpie in a deep urban setting, unless it was a conk of Phaeolus schweinitzii, which is also known as the cowpie or velvet-top fungus.