No white Christmas in Morristown, but maybe a green Easter

Morristown Mayor Tim Dougherty reads Arbor Day proclamation to the town Shade Tree Commission. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Morristown Mayor Tim Dougherty reads Arbor Day proclamation to members of the town Shade Tree and Environmental commissions, spring 2014. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
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Morristown Mayor Tim Dougherty reads Arbor Day proclamation to the town Shade Tree Commission. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Morristown Mayor Tim Dougherty reads Arbor Day proclamation to members of the town Shade Tree and Environmental commissions, spring 2014. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

 

Morristown has taken advantage of the snow-free holiday season to push ahead with its tree-planting program.

This week the town completed the planting of 89 trees on public land across the municipality, in the second of two rounds of plantings for 2014, said town Administrator Michael Rogers.

A total of 131 trees and 20 shrubs were planted during the year, he said.

Over the past three years, the town has budgeted about $200,000 for its tree program, Rogers said.

Mayor Tim Dougherty created a Shade Tree Commission, and an arborist, Rich Wolowicz of Richview Consulting, has been hired for each of the last two years, at a maximum of $35,000 per year, to take inventory of the town’s trees and suggest strategies for replacing those lost in Tropical Storm Irene and Hurricane Sandy, the administrator said.

The latest round of plantings comprised these species:

  • Oak varieties (white, sawtooth and pin): 32
  • Maackia: 10
  • Greenspire Littleleaf Linden: 15
  • Kwanzan cherry: 8
  • London plane: 14
  • Hedge Maple: 9
  • Yellowwood: 1

Rogers said these species are considered durable and well suited to suburban environments.

Locations for the plantings were based on requests from property owners, and on recommendations from Shade Tree commissioners.  And locations also were selected to avoid future problems with overhead power lines, he said.

 

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