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METRIA 4: New Trees for Metropolitan Landscapes: The METRIA Species Trials Project

Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the Metropolitan Tree Improvement Alliance

New York Botanical Garden
New York, NY
June 20-21, 1983

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Henry D. Gerhold, Program Chairman and Editor of the Proceedings

Preface

The theme for the fourth technical meeting of the Metropolitan Tree Improvement Alliance (METRIA) was "New Trees for Metropolitan Landscapes: The METRIA Species Trials Project". Members of the Program Committee were Henry D. Gerhold (Chairman), Richard J. Henkel, Clyde M. Hunt, David F. Karnosky, Ted R. Myers, (Species Trials Project Leader), Robert L. Tate, and Alden M. Townsend. David F. Karnosky coordinated local arrangements with the International Symposium on Urban Horticulture, "Improving the Quality of Urban Life with Plants".

Acknowledgements

The officers and members of METRIA gratefully acknowledge the cooperation and support of the New York Botanical Garden for providing meeting facilities; of Fordham University for making available lodging and meals; and of the U.S. Forest Service, Northeastern Area State & Private Forestry for funds to assist in publishing these Proceedings.

Introduction and Contents (PDF)

Contents

• Acer Saccharum Subspecies Nigrum: Meritorious Midwestern Maple - George H. Ware
• Eurpoean Black Alder: Characteristics and Potential for Improvement - Kim C. Steiner
• Suitability of Corylus Colurna for Street Tree Use - Larry J. Kuhns
• Metaseouoia Clyptostroboides in Urban Forestry - J. E. Kuser
• Sophora Japonica: An Urban-Hardy Species with Potential for Genetic Improvement - David F. Karnosky and Paul Berrang
• Genetic Potential of Red Maple for Urban Use - A.M. Townsend.
• New Trees for Metropolitan Landscapes: Chinese Pistachio - Robert S. Dewers
• Some Urban Trees of California: Maintenance Problems and Genetic Improvement Possibilities - Philip A. Barker
• Acer Negundo – New Future for a Forgotten Tree - Friedrich Oemichen
• Ostrya Virginiana – Characteristics and Potentials of a Little Known Native - William E. Fehrenbach, Jr.
• Discussion of the METRIA Specias Trials Project: Goals, Activities, Coordination - Ted R. Myers
• Strategies for Urban Tree Improvement Research with Seldom-Used Species - Frank S. Santamour, Jr.
• The Nurseryman's Role in the Species Trials Project - William Flemer, III
• New Trees for Metropolitan Landscapes: Getting Them from the Experimental Nursery to the Street - Robert L. Tate

Attendance List

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