Landscape Tree Factsheets CD

Landscape Tree Factsheets CD has an interactive database with information and 567 color photos of 210 tree species and cultivars. The CD was designed to help in selecting the most appropriate trees for landscaping communities in temperate regions of North America. The factsheets and photos were adapted from the Penn State book Landscape Tree Factsheets, Including Evergreens for Screens. Also included are pages of advice about proper tree selection, analyzing planting sites, utility-compatible trees, selecting species and cultivars, procuring trees from nurseries, planting methods, and after care.

Users can browse through complete lists of either common names or scientific names. By scanning 16 kinds of symbols in a table, they can select several potential choices according to mature size of trees, site-related adaptive traits, and ornamental characteristics. Clicking on a name brings up the factsheet of interest. Each factsheet has standardized information on height, width, hardiness zone, crown shape and texture, foliage, flowers, fruit, a description of origin and special features, advantages, disadvantages, and appropriate sites and culture. There are one to three color photos of each tree, which can be enlarged and copied for educational purposes such as slide shows or brochures of tree commissions.

To order the CD contact Professor Henry Gerhold, 109 Ferguson Building, University Park PA 16802, phone 814-865-3281, email hdg@psu.edu.