30 Years Old, Inner City, Red Maple and Blue Spruce Trees - Ask Extension
Subject...30 Year Old Trees, Inner City, Red Maple and Blue SpruceBoth planted as saplings. Both are almost 3 stories high. For about the top 8 feet, ...
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30 Years Old, Inner City, Red Maple and Blue Spruce Trees #246375
Asked May 22, 2015, 9:10 AM EDT
Subject...30 Year Old Trees, Inner City, Red Maple and Blue Spruce
Both planted as saplings. Both are almost 3 stories high. For about the top 8 feet, the red maple's branches are bare and the bark partially stripped. The blue spruce has just a few branches, here and there, that are bare of needles from trunk to tip. Both trees are otherwise full, colorful and vigorous-looking.
Both planted as saplings. Both are almost 3 stories high. For about the top 8 feet, the red maple's branches are bare and the bark partially stripped. The blue spruce has just a few branches, here and there, that are bare of needles from trunk to tip. Both trees are otherwise full, colorful and vigorous-looking.
Hennepin County Minnesota
Expert Response
Consider asking a forester or certified arborist to assess the trees' health onsite and recommend a course of action. We don't have enough information to determine what might be affecting the trees.
Blue spruce are not well adapted to Minnesota's climate and are often short lived. You may be able to use the following diagnostic tool to identify its problems.
http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/assistance/backyard/treecare/forest_health/whitesprucediagnosis.pdf
The following University of Minnesota bulletin discusses things that may account for the maple's decline:
http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/trees-shrubs/shade-tree-decline/
Blue spruce are not well adapted to Minnesota's climate and are often short lived. You may be able to use the following diagnostic tool to identify its problems.
http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/assistance/backyard/treecare/forest_health/whitesprucediagnosis.pdf
The following University of Minnesota bulletin discusses things that may account for the maple's decline:
http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/trees-shrubs/shade-tree-decline/
Is there a registry that lists arborists and foresters who specialize in my circumstances? Could you recommend one? Or maybe describe a certain qualification that I should ask about when interviewing one? Thanks again.
This information will help:
How to hire a professional arborist to help care for your landscape trees
http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/trees-shrubs/how-to-hire-a-professional-arborist/
