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News you can Use!!
The duties of the Tree Body are to promote the preservation
and reforestation program of the Village and to encourage greater public awareness and
participation in this program. Monthly meetings are the first Tuesday of each month
(7:30pm)
at the Kaptur Administration Center. All are welcome.
Some Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty
years of age.
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Tree
Body Meeting Reports
No need to miss the valuable information of the monthly Tree Body meeting.
Click on the heading to view archived reports.
Trees Help Keep Palos Green
Beware of 'Tree Gypsys'
Oak Wilt Spreading in Southeast
Palos Park
Take Root with Native Plants
Periodic Cicada
Tree 'To Do' List Before Spring Arrives
Winter In The Park
Emerald Ash Borer Arrives
Summer Tree Care Tips
The Ginko Tree
Dutch Elm Disease
Deer Tick and Lyme Disease
A Welcome
to Fall
Summer Water Tips
Palos Park Celebrates Arbor Day
Oak
Trees in Palos
Some Pruning Bits
Planting the Right Tree in the Right Spot
Oak
Wilt Disease
Beware of the
Emerald Ash Borer
Pests of the Midwest
How to Mulch and How Not to Mulch
Stress Can Kill Your Trees
How to Find an Arborist
Don't
Give Jack Frost Credit for Fall Colors
Carpenter
Ants and Trees
Lightening
and Trees
Working Hard to
Survive
A Second Chance for
Elms
Trees and
Deer in Palos Park
Less
Salt Please!
Tree Decline
Tree Myths
Test your knowledge on trees and tree care.
Winter
Chores
Provenance
is Important
Mulching the smart way
Alternatives to
Leaf Burning
Pruning of
Shade Trees
Planting
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WHEN DRIVING
KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE FOR WHITETAIL DEER
Normally, the White-tailed
deer go through the mating season, also known as the “rut”,
during late October through November. However around this
time of year, all the natural food available to the deer in
the surrounding forests, such as grasses, berries and
acorns, are mostly gone. Deer will venture closer to the
roads licking road salt that has been spread on the street
by the Village, County and State to supplement their natural
food requirements. Be careful and aware when driving,
especially during the evening and early morning hours when
deer tend to be more active.
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Tree Body Info
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Neighborhoods
with well-shaded
streets can be
up to 6-10
degrees cooler
than
neighborhoods
without street
trees.
Deciduous trees,
planted on the
south and west
side of your
home, will keep
your house
cooler in the
summer and let
the sun warm
your home in the
winter, reducing
energy use.
Just three
trees, properly
placed around a
house, can save
up to 30% of
energy use.
Trees or shrubs
planted to shade
air conditioners
help cool a
building more
efficiently,
using less
electricity. A
unit operating
in shade uses as
much as 10% less
electricity than
the same one
operating in
sun.
Trees release
oxygen and
remove carbon
dioxide from the
atmosphere,
helping reduce
the effects of
global warming.
A mature tree
intercepts about
1,000 gallons of
water a year,
decreasing the
severity of
downpours, and
helps control
flooding and
soil erosion.
Trees are good
for people too.
People living in
“greener”
surroundings
report lower
levels of fear
and less violent
behavior.
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Create a Small
Wild Spot in Your Yard-Growing native plants give benefit.
Suitable Trees for Palos Park-Recommendations for the
residents of Palos Park of trees to plant that are most likely to survive the unique
conditions of our town
Top
Ten things to do to make Palos Park a Better Place for People and Wildlife.
Care and Management of Native Oaks This is a MUST read for
anyone in Palos Park. It covers the very important Do's and Don'ts of oak trees,
especially if you are planning construction or landscaping projects.
What's Happening to our Oaks?-
Dr. George Ware of
the Morton Arboretum contributed to this important information about our Oak Forests
Fall
Special-includes Fall Tree planting, Dead Tree Take-down, Adopt-a-highway,
Apple Scab and Poison Oak.
Steve
Thomas-Restoration Ecologist, Important Information for Palos Park Residents.
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 Sources
for Help
Available at the Library! Need help with you trees? Consult the resource files at the
Library. The Tree Body currently has six volumes of articles about trees and a variety of
subjects related to our environment. Information contained in these volumes covers a wide
range of topics including tree species, wildlife, native plants and useful descriptions
with pictures of diseases and insects to help our residents. We get information from the
Morton Arboretum, National Arbor Day Foundation, EPA, etc. Marifran Peckenpaugh is
collecting, organizing, and updating these materials.
Palos Park Newsletter and Village Web Site:
Reports, Updates and
valuable information is posted at each location.
Morton Arboretum Plant Clinic:
www.mortonarb.org
Weekday afternoons 1-3pm. Call 630-719-2424. You may call or take
specimens to the clinic. Before you have work done on your trees, it is
recommended you check with the Clinic about proper procedures. The clinic
covers plant identification, diagnosis for woody plant ailments, and
selection of trees and shrubs.
Chicago Botanic Gardens:
847-835-8261 You may call this number
and ask for assistance. www.chicago-botanic.org
Master Gardeners: Volunteers trained by the University of
Illinois Extension Service answer your questions about insects, sod, house
plants, lawns and trees. Call 708-532-3337, weekdays 9 to 3pm.
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Reference
Books for Native Plants
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| Book Title |
Author |
"Forest
And Shade Trees Of Iowa" |
Van der Linden & Farrar |
| "Landscaping
With Native Trees" |
Sternberg & Wilson |
| "Manual
of Woody Landscape Plants" |
Michael Dirr |
| "Midwest
Gardens" |
Wolfe & Irving |
| "Nature's
Heartland" |
Boon & Groe |
| "Oaks
Of North America" |
Miller |
| "Plants
Of The Chicago Region" |
Swink & Wilhelm |
| "Plants
that Merit Attention- Vol. 2 Shrubs" |
The Garden Club of America |
| "Plants
That Merit Attention-Vol. 1 Trees" |
The Garden Club of America |
| "Seeds
Of Woody Plants In The United States" |
Forest Service U.S. Dept. of Ag. |
| "The
Natural History Of Wild Shrubs And Vines" |
Harper & Row |
| "Trees,
Shrubs And Vines For Attracting Birds" |
Degraaf & Witman |
Tree Body Link List
If you have a great
link to add to this list-email here.
Natural
Landscapers
Gerard and Greene, Native Plant
Nursery and Landscape Design.
Native Plant Nursery and Landscape Design, 26225 S. Woodlawn Ave.,
Crete, IL 60417
Back to Nature
Design 708-403-2725
These consultants work in Palos Park and do restoration in the Forest
Preserves. On-site consultation for creating a natural landscape using
native plants and trees.
Pizzo &
Associates-Landscape Architects/Contractors phone: 708-209-1660, fax
708-652-3697 (Inquire about the costs first.) Designs landscapes using
native plants and trees-ecological restoration-burns.
Trumpet Vine 708-448-0889
John Dekoker, 12228 Harlem Avenue, Palos Heights, IL. On-site
consulting.
Nurseries
with Native Plants and Trees
Always specify that you want locally grown native
species.
Possibility
Place Nursery 708-534-03988 www.possibilityplace.com
Conner Shaw will help with selection. Call and make an appointment to
visit his nursery or ask him to come to your home. He does not do the
planting. All his plants, trees and shrub are native to Palos Park. 7548
West Monee-Manhattan Road, Monee, IL. Ask to be placed on the catalog
mailing list.
Gerard and Greene, Native Plant
Nursery and Landscape Design.
Native Plant Nursery and Landscape Design, 26225 S. Woodlawn Ave.,
Crete, IL 60417
Prairie House
Garden Center 708-687-3131
15151 Harlem Avenue, Orland Park, IL
The Growing
Place 630-355-4000
25 West 471 Plank Road, Naperville, IL
Plum Creek
Nursery 708-672-7999
225 East Bemis Road, Crete, IL
Sid's Garden
Center
10926 SW Highway, Palos Hills, IL. They will special order plants.
The Natural
Garden 630-584-0150
West 442 Route 64, Saint Charles, IL
Arborists
and Tree Service
Contact all three companies on this list. Ask for a free estimate
and get the free advise from the Morton Arboretum Plant Clinic (listed
above) It is wise to contact the clinic before and after you call a
tree service. If there is no danger or disease, consider leaving dead or
fallen trees for birds and wildlife.
Davey Tree
630-323-7220 www.davey.com
The Davey Tree Expert
Company
11-S-165 Madison St., Burr
Ridge, IL 60527
Care
of
Trees 708-460-6860
Homer
Tree Service
815-838-0321 or 708-974-4500
Mail
Order Sources
The Wildflower
Source 847-740-9796
P.O. Box 312, Fox Lake, Il 60020
Midwest
Wildflowers 815-624-7074
Box 64, Rockton, IL
Prairie Nursery
608-296-3679
www.prairienursery.com
P.O. Box 306, Westfield, WI, 53964, fax at 608-296-2741
Magazines
Chicago
Wilderness Magazine www.chiwild.org
P.O. Box 268, Downers Grove, IL 60515-8358. Four issues a year. Chicago
Wilderness is an alliance of over 100 public and private organizations
working together to study and restore, protect and manage the natural
resources of the Chicago region. The magazine illustrates the stories of
the people and organizations working to heal and protect local nature.
Palos Park became a member in March 2000.
The Wild Ones
Journal-Natural Landscapers, Ltd. www.for-wild.org
P.O. Box 1274, Appleton, WI. 54912-1274.
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