In a recent post about tree location our beloved Uncle Paden pointed out an often overlooked important part of tree location, that is, Proper Identification of the species located.
In States that identify invasive and nuisance species and utilize these in mitigation with the developer to solve environmental tree concerns, you are doing your client a disservice if trees are not properly identified. It can be costly to any and all concerned.
There is a plethora of phone apps available to you that will make this a breeze and are smarter than you. Download 2 or 3 on your phone so they will be handy. And best of all your survey will be correct.
Some are here: https://greenarborists.com/three-great-tree-identification-apps-smart-phone/
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Appreciate the information, one app that I would add to that list is Google Lens. A buddy of mine who is a tree climber showed it to me and it has been very helpful in correctly identifying tree species.
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Found one of those apps that I can use on my flip phone. Snapped a quick photo and it works great !
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@rj-schneider My sentiments exactly !!! Why visit the doctor when we've got WebMD ... ????
I thought I was good at tree ID until I moved to the southeast.?ÿ I've been down here a decade and I still don't know half the thirty or so different oaks.?ÿ
Here's a map that helps put it in perspective:
Last night I grabbed a leaf from the yard and took a pic.?ÿ Ran it through Lens, Virginia Tech and LeafSnap.
All came back with different trees.?ÿ I am bad at tree ID, guess I will have to still use my pocket fold guide.
Glad we only have a few tree species here. Sometimes an odd one gets planted and they usually die after a couple of bad winters.?ÿ
The first question on the LSIT exam I took back in 1984 was:
Dendrology is important to land surveyors for what reason?
I thought I somehow had gotten the wrong exam. Fortunately, I had dated a forestry major in college and our "dates" were Saturday ventures for her to collect plant specimens for her dendrology class.
I've used this one here in Texas and it works quite well. I've always been terrible at identifying trees so this is a great help to me.
If I recognize the object falling from the tree that hits me on the head then I might be able to get halfway close at identifying it.?ÿ Say a pine cone falls out, then it might be some sort of pine tree, but I'm not going to swear to it.?ÿ If an apple falls out, then it might be some sort of apple tree.?ÿ If a cucumber falls out, I'm leaving.
the A&M dudes are the gold standard around here as far as i'm concerned.
if available, i highly recommend taking a tree and plant i.d. course for your CEU/PDH hours.?ÿ nice change from "the importance of correct chicago manual of style construction of easement descriptions and legal descriptions part III as it relates to surveying and the ethics thereof" or the 950 other such similar courses.
The ??Seek? app works pretty damn well! Check it out. ?ÿUsed to have a crew member that knew just about everything growing in Oregon. The drafters really appreciated it.?ÿ
