Tree Fact Sheets

How old is that tree?
You don't need to cut down a tree and count its rings to figure its age. Check out this formula and table published by the International Society of Arborculture:
http://mdc.mo.gov/landwater-care/homeowners/how-old-tree

Urban tolerant trees -- The New Jersey Tree Foundation website includes this link to articles:
http://njtreefoundation.org/category/urban-tolerant-trees/

Landscape Plants Rated by Deer Resistance -- including trees -- are listed on this Rutgers University factsheet:
http://njaes.rutgers.edu/deerresistance/