| Native Florida Landscapes, LLC - 108 Ocean Aire Terrace South - Ormond Beach, Florida 32176 office: 386.235.0404 - fax: 386.441.4104 |
Native Florida Landscapes
can help ensure trees
survive nearby construction.
can help ensure trees
survive nearby construction.
 | Install a four-foot high | |
| fence or barrier (minimum) at least at the dripline | ||
| Retain grade level | |
| around any tree | ||
| Designate on-site | |
| parking, traffic and storage away from the trees. | ||
| Relocate trenches or | |
| employ tunneling for utilities | ||
| Take measures to | |
| protect tree root system from compaction. | ||
| Maintain a buffer of trees | |
| or shrubs around the specimen for protection. | ||
| Tree maintenance | |
| should be conducted during construction (watering, fertilizing, pruning, and pest control). | ||
| Make provision for the | |
| disposal of potentially harmful items, e.g., excess concrete, etc. away from trees. | ||
| Restrict removal of | |
| topsoil around trees. | ||
| Excavate trenches by | |
| hand in areas with roots larger than 1" diameter. | ||
| Do not build up soil | |
| around base of tree! | ||
| Avoid locating highly | |
| reflective surfaces nearby. |
Native Florida Landscapes, LLC
The biggest challenge of having trees co-exist in a
built environment is the importanceof providing
enough non-compacted soil to accommodate large
root systems.
Trees take up a lot of space above and below the
ground. Their root systems are aerobic,
meaning they require oxygen in the form of air, which
is available to them in the pore space of
non-compacted soils. Typically, 25-50 per cent of
the volume of native soil is air, or pore space. This is
the exact opposite of the density of soil that is
required to support buildings and pavement.
(Construction soils are typically compacted to 90-98
per cent of its capacity in order to support
structures.)
built environment is the importanceof providing
enough non-compacted soil to accommodate large
root systems.
Trees take up a lot of space above and below the
ground. Their root systems are aerobic,
meaning they require oxygen in the form of air, which
is available to them in the pore space of
non-compacted soils. Typically, 25-50 per cent of
the volume of native soil is air, or pore space. This is
the exact opposite of the density of soil that is
required to support buildings and pavement.
(Construction soils are typically compacted to 90-98
per cent of its capacity in order to support
structures.)
| Construction Monitoring |
Tree preservation begins before construction, protects the tree
during construction, and cares for the tree after the job is done.
during construction, and cares for the tree after the job is done.
Compaction damage can also be a result of activities that occur after a tree is
planted, such vehicles parking off of pavements on the root zone of trees. Avoiding
compaction starts with the landscape design. A good design is to have fewer but
larger green spaces than the typical parking lot islands in commercial and urban
designs.
There is some remediation for soils that have been compacted. These methods
include: vertical mulching, soil excavation, or radial trenching. Each compacted
situation should be inspected by a Certified Arborist to determine which method is
appropriate.
planted, such vehicles parking off of pavements on the root zone of trees. Avoiding
compaction starts with the landscape design. A good design is to have fewer but
larger green spaces than the typical parking lot islands in commercial and urban
designs.
There is some remediation for soils that have been compacted. These methods
include: vertical mulching, soil excavation, or radial trenching. Each compacted
situation should be inspected by a Certified Arborist to determine which method is
appropriate.
Native Florida Landscapes
certified arborist uses an air
knife around a tree's roots to
remedy compacted soil.
certified arborist uses an air
knife around a tree's roots to
remedy compacted soil.
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