Thanks azelaya. A great help. Ontario government giving away millions of trees (free) to municipalities. Ours declares they are almost useless and describes them as seedlings. I wondered.

What is the recognised definition of a tree seedling?

Jerry, seems we have determinate, semi-determinate and interdeterminate tree growth habits. Really, what I am searching for is a guesstimate yardstick on the clearly visible canopy growth we have seen so far this year, due, it appears, to excessive rainfall: this is not to say we have any flooding i...

Thanks Jerry, a tremendous help. Is there a list of tree species (where can I find it on the web?) that gives determinate and indeterminate growth capability in common tree species found in N/E America? We have a lot of maple in our area which illustrates your point: the reason, maybe, for the hugh ...

Rain, rain and more rain: the wettest year ever so far - so they say.

The trees in this burg are flourishing, just driving (or walking) around appears to show canopy growth way beyond normal. Is there any correlation between excessive moisture and canopy growth in the textbooks: details please.

with a small sub-set driving for ever more are we, with changing weather patterns, existing non-native tree species that do not out-compete and displace native species and are preferred for AQI going in the right direction? My $0.02: Tree selection is not a value-free problem: you always have to se...

Oakville, Ontario, Canada completed a UFORE project and published results in October 2006. Our Parks and Open Space Department now drives for naturalization of the Parks system. Within this drive we have a small sub-set of residents who cry for more native species: I gather, as near as possible, tot...