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arboriculture
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arboriculture

Cultivation of trees, shrubs, and woody plants for shading and decorating. Arboriculture includes all aspects of growing, maintaining, and identifying plants, arranging plantings for their ornamental values, and removing trees. The well-being of individual plants is the major concern of arboriculture, in contrast to such related fields as forestry and agriculture, in which the major concern is the welfare of a large group of plants as a whole.


arboriculture
the cultivation of trees or shrubs, esp for the production of timber

arboriculture [¦är·bə·rə¦kəl·chər]
(botany)
The cultivation of ornamental trees and shrubs.


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Replacement values typically are calculated using an arboricultural industry formula based on a particular tree's intrinsic value for size, species, and health.
Established in 1985, ACRT provides utilities and municipalities with a wide range of arboricultural consulting services.
Always respecting the museum's intimate scale, and subject to planning and arboricultural controls, Henket's scheme is intended to ease movement and facilitate visitors' orientation throughout the building.
 
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