ORGANIZATIONS
- International Society of Arboriculture (ISA)
- Arbor Day Foundation for people who love trees
- Municode.com a comprehensive resource for tree ordinance information as well as parking fines
- Georgia Arborist Association
DIAGNOSIS
Oaks
- Orange-striped oak worm
- Key oak diseases in the landscape (UGA Extension)
Evergreens
Dogwoods
Maples
- Cottony Maple Scale
- Obscure Scale Ash-colored bumps along trunk, branches, or twigs
- Green-striped Maple Worm Yellow-green caterpillar feeding on leaves
Pecans
- Pecan tree insects
- Fall Webworm Thick webs covering the ends of branches, insects may be inside
Fruit Trees
- Fireblight of Pear, Plum, Apple, and Cherry Wilting or blackening of leaves
- Common Orchard Diseases
MISCELLANEOUS
- Common landscape Diseases in Georgia
- Insects that defoliate trees
- Wax Scale
- Asian Ambrosia Beetle Trunk boring insect that attacks a wide variety of trees
- Bacterial Leaf Scorch disease often confused with other environmental stresses
GARDENING AND ARBORIST EQUIPMENT
- Silky Saws DIYs and professionals alike love these saws. Presentation of product information is excellent.
- eArborist Arborist equipment and links.
NURSERIES AND RETAIL
- Gardenguides is a well designed site featuring articles, forums, seed shopping, gardening tips, and much more.
- Find rare perennials, grasses, trees, shrubs, or vines for sundry borders, woodlands, meadows, dry sites, gardens or containers at Digging Dog Nursery. Use online tool ‘PlantFinder’ to help you select the right plant for the right place.
- Homestead Harvest is a bountiful site packed with products, instructions, and ideas for storing and processing food from your garden.
- Nurserytrees.com For a list of nurseries and garden centers in Georgia.
DIRECTORIES
- The National Gardening Organization, a giant garden directory with hundreds of categories, and to search for your USDA planting zone.
RESEARCH
- Tree Health and Biology
- Going Back to the Source for a Heartier Apple Tree
- How conifers transport water
- Tree root relationships with soil bacteria
- Help For Battling Dutch Elm Disease
- New Research Results on the Effects of Rotting Logs
- Tree Response to Simulated Stress
- Tulip Poplars May Help Clean Up Toxic Mercury
- Soil Amendments and Mulches
COMMUNITY SERVICES
- UGA Extension Service Soil Analysis and Plant Disease Diagnosis
FORESTS
- Trees appear to respond slower to climate change than previously thought
- Link Established Between Tree and Insect Diversity
- Invasive Plants are Helped by Natural Enemies
- New study - methane emissions from trees
- Temperate Forests Could Worsen Global Warming
- Deep-rooted Plants Have Much Greater Impact On Climate Moisture
CATALOGUING AND DATABASES
- Plant Information Center and Herbarium A virtual museum of plant specimens - helps in identification