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Other Cornell resources

  • Cornell Guide for Planting & Maintaining Trees and Shrubs
  • Pruning: An Illustrated Guide to Pruning Ornamental Trees and Shrubs
  • Know Your Trees – Update of classic includes identification keys, descriptions of 50 common native trees. Also available in as 7.2 MB .pdf file.
  • Gardening resources – Cornell site for home gardeners includes information on lawns and landscapes, site design and more.
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Nina Bassuk
Professor and director
Urban Horticulture Institute
Horticulture Section
School of Integrative Plant Science
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-4586
nlb2@cornell.edu


Urban Horticulture Institute news

  • New: Urban Eden demonstration videos
  • New webinars: Preventing construction damage, remediating compacted soils
  • UHI Produces Plan for a Sustainable National Mall Treescape

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The Urban Horticulture Institute’s mission is to improve quality of life by enhancing the functions of plants within urban ecosystems. Our program integrates plant stress physiology, horticultural science, plant ecology and soil science, and applies them to four broad areas:

The selection, evaluation and propagation of superior plants with improved tolerance of biotic and abiotic stresses, and enhanced functional uses in the disturbed landscape.

Developing improved technologies for assessing and ameliorating site limitations to improve plant growth and development.

Developing improved transplant technologies to insure the successful establishment of plants in the urban environment.

Working with municipalities to assess and manage their urban tree resources while applying appropriate technologies.

Thanks to our supporters:

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J. Frank Schmidt Family Charitable Foundation
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