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Reflecting on Summer: Camilla Cook

When I began my tree inventory in late May, I didn’t know much about Homewood and lacked some knowledge/experience in conducting a tree survey of a community. However, as the months passed, all of that changed. I learned about and experienced the significant passion the community has for change and continual progress in their neighborhood. […]



Camilla Cook – Tree Inventory Update #7

Today, I surveyed Block 14 and inventoried a total of nine trees – which were a mix of Pyrus calleryana (Callery pear), Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweetgum), and Ulmus rubra (Slippery Elm). The only significant issues present with these trees were that the majority of the P. calleryana’s had some dead or missing branches, some leaf discoloration, […]


Camilla Cook: Tree Inventory Update #6

On August 7 and 9, I completed Blocks 1, 11, and 12 – finishing the Business and Institutional Core Cluster! On the small portion of Block 1 (Hamilton Avenue), I identified Catalpa speciosa (Northern Catalpa). On Block 11, there were Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood), Taxodium distichum (Baldcypress), Tilia cordata (Littlelead Linden), and Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweetgum), as […]



Camilla Cook: Tree Inventory Update #2

Since my last blog post, I have completed fieldwork for Block 1-5, which can be referenced in the map given in this post. Even though we have surveyed Helen S. Faison Arts Academy school, we are still having trouble identifying if the school has American Sycamore or its cultivated version, London Planetree in and around […]


Camilla Cook: Tree Inventory Update #1

Hello everyone! As my research project was mentioned in my introduction provided by Sherrie, I will get right into the work I have done so far!  My inventory consists of collecting data on location (street), tree species, diameter at breast height (dbh), degree/percentage + distance (to calculate tree height), soundness (condition) of the bark, and […]


Meet our Homewood Community Project Team!

Thanks, Bank of America! Thanks to the generous grant funding by Bank of America, Chatham University professor, Iris Grossmann, Ph.D., of The Falk School of Sustainability and Environment, was able to recruit a team of students and other faculty members to work on what we hope to be a multi-year community-based sustainability project in Pittsburgh’s […]