Establishment and Recovery of Crown Shape of Transplanted Existing Deciduous Trees at Rebuilding Housing Complexes

Abstract

Generally, landscape design for a rebuilding housing complex, transplanting existing trees has not been considered positively because of difficulty in restoring root system and slows in recovering crown shape of trees after they are transplanted. The purposes of the present study were to follow the 162 deciduous trees transplanted from rebuilding housing complexes and to suggest the future directions of transplanting trees. Our result demonstrated that 92.6% of transplanted trees were successfully established and recovered the crown shape in four or five years. It became clear that the transplanting existing trees in rebuilding housing complexes is considerably recommended judging from the establishment and the recovery of crown shape of each tree. Additionally, Zelkova had the higher score in restoring crown shape among the deciduous trees.