Urban Tree Care Conference: Healthy Arborist, Healthy Trees, Thriving Communities

February 11, 2022

Advance your understanding and training while obtaining continuing education units (CEUs) from the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA), and the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).

Friday February 11th, “Branching Patterns & Shape: How Wood Forms”
Dr. Matt Ritter, Professor, California Polytechnic State University. Flowering trees and conifers form wood and support branches in different ways. Leaves are not borne on all trees in the same way. Genetically determined characteristics in trees can help us identify, plant, prune and maintain them properly. If we know a tree’s biology, we can predict what to expect as it matures.

Friday February 11th, “Water in Trees: Photosynthesis, Respiration, and Stress”
Dr. Matt Ritter, Professor, California Polytechnic State University. Water can move three-hundred feet up to the top of the tallest trees, yet the trees don’t burn a single molecule of energy doing so. In this session, we’ll learn how trees transport water, use it for photosynthesis and respiration, and how these mechanisms are affected by water shortages.