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Name: Geraldine
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Our town is planting oak trees in the center of town and would like to know the spacing of the trees. There is little land to work with and we would like to prevent future problems of having to cut trees from being too close as they mature.

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The following should be helpful:

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1676.pdf

http://danr.ucop.edu/ihrmp/county/SantaBarbaraOakTreeGradingOrdinanceGuidelines.pdf

Anthony R. Brach, PhD
Missouri Botanical Garden
Harvard University Herbaria


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