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HortScience Providing horticultural, arboricultural, and urban forestry consulting HortScience, Inc. Our work incorporates technical expertise, communication, and teamwork.

is a consulting firm providing horticultural, arboricultural and urban forestry consulting services.

In 2004, HortScience and the Aslan Group prepared an assessment of the USDA Forest Service Urban & Community Forestry pr...
10/15/2021

In 2004, HortScience and the Aslan Group prepared an assessment of the USDA Forest Service Urban & Community Forestry program, supported by the National Urban & Community Forestry Advisory Council. We analyzed the relationships among over 1,200 organizations and groups. This image was the result (Thanks Josh Barbour!). I wonder what the network analysis would look like in 2021?

Arborists are aware of that bark exfoliation is both a normal pattern of development and an outcome of response growth. ...
09/30/2021

Arborists are aware of that bark exfoliation is both a normal pattern of development and an outcome of response growth. The bark development on this pine must be the result of the latter.

Coast live oak response to fire. Oct. 2020 vs. Sept. 2021. Perhaps the tree will look better next year!
09/03/2021

Coast live oak response to fire. Oct. 2020 vs. Sept. 2021. Perhaps the tree will look better next year!

How do we improve tree risk assessment? Does more information help? How does what we see on the outside match up with ...
08/25/2021

How do we improve tree risk assessment? Does more information help? How does what we see on the outside match up with what’s going on on the inside?

Thanks to UMass prof Brian Kane and his student Ari Okun, answers may be forthcoming. I was honored to be part of their experiment!

05/28/2021

Is the Tree Protection Zone the same as the Critical Root Zone?

Asking for a friend.....

Yulan magnolia (Magnolia denudata)!
04/08/2021

Yulan magnolia (Magnolia denudata)!

This is how cottonwoods (Populus fremontii) die.
12/13/2020

This is how cottonwoods (Populus fremontii) die.

Will this fire-damaged coast live oak survive? Only time will tell.
10/20/2020

Will this fire-damaged coast live oak survive? Only time will tell.

Uriel making things happen in Gilroy!
08/29/2020

Uriel making things happen in Gilroy!

Nothing like a creek job to get the field work juices flowing!
08/27/2020

Nothing like a creek job to get the field work juices flowing!

Project team meeting today for Habitat for Humanity’s Esperanza Place project. Note masks and social distancing. We ar...
06/25/2020

Project team meeting today for Habitat for Humanity’s Esperanza Place project. Note masks and social distancing. We are honored to be a part of this project!

I (Ryan) would like to share a little piece that I wrote as a tribute to Nelda Matheny's retirement in ASCA's The Consul...
05/27/2020

I (Ryan) would like to share a little piece that I wrote as a tribute to Nelda Matheny's retirement in ASCA's The Consultant. I invite you all to celebrate Nelda's career with us by leaving a story or note in the comments.

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