NOTICING URBAN STRESSES

ROOTS COMPACTED SOIL GIRDLING ROOTS DE-ICING SALT POISONS IN PIT SMALL PIT

TREE WRAP STAKES TREE GUARD INTRUSION GRADE CHANGE WEEDS

MULCHED TOO HIGH DOG LITTER POOR DRAINAGE LIFTING SIDEWALK SOIL PH INCOMPATIBILITY

OTHER:

TRUNK MECHANICAL DAMAGE (CARS, DOORS, BIKES, MOWERS) POOR PRUNING

BURIED IN SOIL OR MULCH CARVING BROKEN BRANCHES

NAILS OBJECT INTRUSION LIGHTS ATTACHED

TREE GUY WIRES OTHER:

CANOPY TORN OFF LEAVES TOPPING OF TREE TALL TREE UNDER WIRES

OVER CROWDING TOO LITTLE SUN HEAT ISLANDS

INSECTS SALT DAMAGE

OTHER:

Tree Tenders

this worksheet is from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society