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Planting Trees on Disturbed Sites: A guide to establishing trees on new suburban developments

This bulletin will cover how homeowners can modify these sites to improve success with transplanted trees and shrubs.

Many communities are enjoying a building boom with new home sites replacing farmlands and pastures. These new housing sites are a particular challenge to homeowners when it comes to establishing trees. While the existing soil may once have had the desired properties to support field and forage crops, the process of building the home often results in its destruction or replacement.  The topsoil is usually scraped off and the subsoil compacted by machinery.  A thin layer of topsoil is eventually placed back upon the subsoil.  This disturbed soil is not conducive to planting trees as it will not drain properly and the turning of the subsoil increases its alkalinity. 

Authors
J. Ball
Date Published
December 2006
Publisher
South Dakota Division of Resource Conservation and Forestry
Pierre, SD
Resource Type
Information/Research Summary
Resource Format
Pamphlet/Flyer/Factsheet
Funding Source
USDA FS (NUCFAC Recommended)
Sub-Topics
Working with the Public, Urban Forest Management
State(s)/Region(s)
National
Indexed By
MWCU&CF

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