Talking Trees with Davey Tree

How to Identify Trees by Their Bark and Foliage


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Rachel Broskey from Davey's Knoxville office shares advice on how to ID trees in your landscape, as well as some of her favorite trees from coast to coast and how she got into arboriculture and became a "nurse for trees." 

In this episode we cover:  

  • How arborists are trained to ID trees (0:52)
  • How foliage plays a role in ID (2:28)
  • Dawn redwoods (3:42)
  • Evergreens and their needles (6:34)
  • Rachel's favorite trees (8:01) (11:49)
  • Redbud varieties (8:56)
  • West vs east coast trees (10:04) 
  • Climate in Knoxville (11:12)
  • Black gum (12:04)
  • How Rachel became an arborist (12:45)
  • Diagnosing trees (14:11)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.

To read our Tree Identification blogs to help you ID different species in your landscape, visit Blog.Davey.com by clicking here - Tree Identification Davey blogs

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