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- Acer saccharum
- American Beech Tree
- American Chestnut Tree
- American Elm
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- American Sycamore
- American planetree
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- Carya ovata
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- Catalpa speciosa
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- Cedar Waxwing
- Celtis occidentalis
- Cercis canadensis
- Chalet Garden Centers
- Chicago Botanic Garden
- Chicago summers
Resource Articles from Gilbert Smith, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist
and Lesley Bruce Smith, ISA Certified Arborist
Trees Need Birds
Backyard Wisdom
by Gilbert A Smith, ISA Certified Master Arborist
Every one knows that the birds need trees for protection, perches, for hunting grounds and to nest and raise families in. Did you know that trees need birds? Of course they do. This symbiosis or mutualism doesn’t just apply to worms, ants, people and trees it also is the case for birds. When you hear the knock knock knock of a woodpecker you’re hearing a bird mining a tree for insects that may be harming the tree. Some experts estimate that 17% of the Emerald Ash Borer are eaten by wood peckers. Unfortunately that’s not enough to keep the Borer from killing our Ash trees. Because it was introduced without its natural controlling insects and diseases the borer has gone wild and with it the population of wood peckers has soared.