| Show IMPORTED TREES THRIVE IN UTAH S SAYS FORESTER the russian olive is rapidly coming to the front us as a wind brenk break tree in the intermountain region this tree long along with the siberian elm is is the most widely planted windbreak wind brcak tree cording according to J whitney floyd extension forester at the UL utah state agricultural college the russian olive front from asia has recently been introduced in the unit ed states for planting under extreme ff conditions it is a low growing tree with a tendency to branch out it is extremely hardy being able to adapt itself to either wet or dry sites and to good or poor soils up to elevations of feet in utah it has made good growth in some extreme alkali situations its branchy growth is particularly good for windbreak or hedge planting plant plan trig ng the wood is heavy hard and ad durable waking good fence posts and other farm products |
