Wind and Trees: Lessons Learned from Hurricanes

Release Date: 7/13/2026

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-fr173-2007

Natural Resources

Abstract

This fact sheet reports on the lessons learned from research conducted after 10 hurricanes by scientists at the University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS). It also includes valuable field observations from professionals, such as urban foresters, scientists, and arborists.

About this Publication

This document is FOR118, one of a series of the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date September 2007. Revised June 2017 and March 2026. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Duryea, M. L., & Kampf, E. (2007). Wind and Trees: Lessons Learned from Hurricanes. EDIS, 2007(20). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fr173-2007

Authors

Mary Duryea

professor emeritus, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences; and former associate dean for research, director of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station

Eliana Kampf

former urban forester, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

Allyson Salisbury

assistant teaching professor, urban forestry, Rutgers Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, New Brunswick, NJ

Richard Hauer

professor emeritus, urban forestry, UWSP College of Natural Resources, Stevens Point, WI

Ryan Klein

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University of Florida

assistant professor, arboriculture, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

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