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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 21
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Silver maple is a fast-growing tree ideal for moist soils, providing quick shade but known for suffering storm damage and interfering with sewers or sidewalks.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 24
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Discover the sweet gum tree's glossy star-shaped leaves, symmetrical beauty, and unique ball-shaped fruit. Note: susceptible to bleeding canker disease.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 27
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Discover the characteristics of the white ash tree, including its growth rate, fall color, and considerations for planting in Missouri landscapes.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees, Page 04
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Bald Cypress is a hardy tree known for its unique, feathery foliage and adaptability to wet soils. It's ideal for adding texture and resilience to landscapes.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees
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Learn how to select the perfect shade trees for your Midwest yard or landscape. Don't waste years on a bad landscape!
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees, Page 07
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Discover the characteristics and growth habits of English oak (Quercus robur), a fast-growing, resilient shade tree suitable for various landscapes.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees, Page 10
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Green ash is a fast-growing, adaptable tree ideal for landscaping but is vulnerable to pests like the emerald ash borer.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 13
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The Japanese Pagoda Tree is a striking, medium-sized tree with white flowers and smooth bark, thriving in well-drained soil and providing excellent shade.
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Low-Maintenance Landscaping
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Create a beautiful, low-maintenance landscape with thoughtful design, proper plant selection, and easy-to-care-for features that suit your space and lifestyle.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 16
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Discover the unique branching habit and growth characteristics of the popular pin oak shade tree.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 19
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River birch is a fast-growing, adaptable tree with attractive peeling bark, perfect for wet soils and offering shade and aesthetic appeal.
Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 22
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Learn about the Sugar Maple, a vibrant tree known for its fall color and maple syrup production, ideal for landscaping and adding beauty to your yard.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 25
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Trident maple is a compact, adaptable tree with vibrant fall color, thriving in various soils and urban environments. Ideal for smaller landscapes.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 28
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Learn about white oak's adaptability, soil preferences, and growth characteristics for choosing the ideal shade tree for your landscape.
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Important Missouri Laws: A Guide for New Residents
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This publication provides essential information on Missouri laws for new residents, covering topics such as driving, housing, employment, and health.
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Grandparents as Caregivers — Common Questions
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Learn how grandparents can navigate caregiving challenges, manage stress, find support, and build positive relationships with grandchildren.
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Making Time for Family: Balancing Media Consumption - Common Questions for Parents and Grandparents
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Explore practical strategies for families to balance media use and foster meaningful connections through intentional activities and mindful media choices.
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Helpful Tips for Grandparents and Caregivers: Talking With Young People About Sex
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Talking with young people about sex can be uncomfortable and difficult at times. But it is important that you establish yourself as a trusted source of reliable information for the child in your care. Here are some valuable tips for talking about sexuality with your young person.
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When a Child's Parent Is Incarcerated
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Help children cope with an incarcerated parent through honesty, open communication, and support. Learn how to navigate this challenging situation.
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Ice and Freeze Damage to Ornamental and Fruit Trees: Implications and Remediation
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Learn how ice and freeze events affect fruit and ornamental trees in the Midwest, with tips on identifying damage and supporting recovery.
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Integrated Pest Management in Missouri’s Green Industries
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Learn pest control strategies for Missouri’s green industries using monitoring, thresholds, and eco-friendly tactics that reduce pesticide use.
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Justin R. Morris Vineyard Mechanization Symposium: Workshop Proceedings
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Editor's note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.
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Understanding and Preventing Freeze Damage in Vineyards: Workshop Proceedings
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Editor's note
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Calculating Plant-Available Nitrogen and Residual Nitrogen Value in Manure
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Calculate the nitrogen value in manure, focusing on plant-available and residual nitrogen providing methods to determine fertilizer value and manage losses.