BOTANY SERIES
Trees of Center City Philadelphia
Professor Alfred E. Schuyler

This field class* will meet at five locations in Philadelphia.

1 THURSDAY and 4 SATURDAYS, SEPTEMBER 24 to OCTOBER 17

FIELD CLASSES MEET FROM 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

1. Thursday, September 24, 2009, 6:30 PM - Orientation
   Meet at the Academy of Natural Sciences Botany Department to discuss the course goals, student needs, and meeting places for field trips. Sign in at the 19th Street entrance of the Academy.
2. Saturday, September 26, 2009. Field Class
   Washington Square
3. Saturday, October 3, 2009. Field Class
   Independence National Historical Park
4. Saturday, October 10, 2009. Field Class
   Rittenhouse Square
5. Saturday, October 17, 2009. Field Class
   Logan Square and the Parkway

This class will identify trees that grow in Center City Philadelphia, assess the suitability of their sites, evaluate their growing conditions, and discuss their care and maintenance.

*This course requires preregistration and is limited to 20 students. To preregister, call 215-763-6529, ext. 23, beginning Monday, September 14, 2009. Students may sign up for one, two, or three trips at $5.00 per trip or four trips at $15.00.

Recommended reading:

New York City Trees: A Field Guide for the Metropolitan Area.  By Edward Sibley Barnard. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002.

City of Trees: The Complete Botanical and Historical Guide to the Trees of Washington, D.C.  By Melanie Choukas-Bradley and Polly Alexander. Acropolis Books: Washington, DC: Acropolis Books, 1981.

Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.  By Michael A. Dirr. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing L.L.C., 1998.

Trees for Urban and Suburban Landscapes.   By Edward F. Gilman. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, 1997.

City Trees: A Historical Geography from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century.  By Henry W. Lawrence. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2006.

The Urban Tree Book: An Uncommon Field Guide for City and Town.  By Arthur Plotnik. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2000. 

Modern Arboriculture: A Systems Approach to the Care of Trees and Their Associates.  By Alex L. Shigo. Durham, NC: Shigo and Trees, 1991. 

Diseases of Trees and Shrubs.  By Wayne A. Sinclair. Ithaca, NY: Comstock Publishing Associates, 2005. 

Trees in the Urban Landscape: Site Assessment, Design, and Installation.  By Peter J. Trowbridge and Nina L. Bassuk. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2004.

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