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USFS - New York City Tree Census - 1995

Dataset homepage

Citation

Watson J J, Sellers E, Simpson A (2021). USFS - New York City Tree Census - 1995. United States Geological Survey. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/35b2pm accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-28.

Description

In 1995, hundreds of volunteers joined the New York City (NYC) Department of Parks & Recreation staff to inventory the city's street tree population. These inventory efforts resulted in an unprecedented understanding of NYC’s urban forest, and catalyzed major advances in its urban forest management. See: https://www.nycgovparks.org/trees/treescount/past-censuses and: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Environment/1995-Street-Tree-Census/7gmq-dbas

Sampling Description

Study Extent

New York City

Sampling

Volunteers used the TreeKIT mapping method to produce accurate measurements of our street trees, including identifications of species and tree diameter.

Method steps

  1. Volunteers used the TreeKIT mapping method to produce accurate measurements of our street trees, including identifications of species and tree diameter.

Additional info

This is the data from the initial NYC street tree census that was sponsored by the US Forest Service and the City of New York. This census has taken place every ten years since its initiation in 1995. Removed rows with the following providedScientificName totaling 45585 rows UNKNOWN LIVE TREES UNKNOWN DEAD TREES STUMP UNKNOWN STUMP PLANTING SITE UNKNOWN SHAFT SHRUB HEDGE

Taxonomic Coverages

Street trees in the city of New York.
  1. Abies balsamea
  2. Abies concolor
  3. Abies
  4. Acacia auriculaeformis
  5. Acacia farnesiana
  6. Acer buergeranum
  7. Acer campestre
  8. Acer ginnala
  9. Acer negundo
  10. Acer nigrum
  11. Acer palmatum
  12. Acer pensylvanicum
  13. Acer platanoides
  14. Acer pseudoplatanus
  15. Acer rubrum
  16. Acer saccharinum
  17. Acer saccharum
  18. Acer
  19. Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
  20. Aesculus glabra
  21. Aesculus hippocastanum
  22. Aesculus octandra
  23. Aesculus x carnea
  24. Ailanthus altissima
  25. Albizia julibrissin
  26. Alnus glutinosa
  27. Amelanchier arborea
  28. Amelanchier
  29. Aracauria excelsa
  30. Araucaria araucana
  31. Arborvitae plicata
  32. Asimina triloba
  33. Betula alleghaniensis
  34. Betula lenta
  35. Betula nigra
  36. Betula papyrifera
  37. Betula pendula
  38. Betula populifolia
  39. Betula
  40. Bischofia javonica
  41. Brassaia actinophylla
  42. Broussonetia papyrifera
  43. Callistemon pendula
  44. Carpinus betulus
  45. Carpinus caroliniana
  46. Carya cordiformis
  47. Carya glabra
  48. Carya laciniosa
  49. Carya ovata
  50. Carya
  51. Carya texana
  52. Carya tomentosa
  53. Castanea mollissima
  54. Castanea pumila
  55. Casuarina equisetifolia
  56. Catalpa bignonioides
  57. Catalpa speciosa
  58. Cedrus atlantica
  59. Cedrus deodara
  60. Celtis laevigata
  61. Celtis occidentalis
  62. Cercidiphyllum japonicum
  63. Cercis canadensis
  64. Chamaecyparis thyoides
  65. Cinnamomum camphora
  66. Cladrastis lutea
  67. Conocarpus sericeius
  68. Cornus florida
  69. Cornus kousa
  70. Cornus mas
  71. Cornus
  72. Corylus
  73. Cotinus coggygria
  74. Crataegus crus-galli
  75. Crataegus marshallii
  76. Crataegus phaenopyrum
  77. Crataegus
  78. Crataegus viridis
  79. Cryptomeria japonica
  80. Cupressocyparis leylandii
  81. Diospyros virginiana
  82. Elaeagnus angustifolia
  83. Elaeagnus umbellata
  84. Eriobotrya japonica
  85. Fagus grandifolia
  86. Fagus
  87. Fagus sylvatica
  88. Ficus aurea
  89. Ficus benjamina
  90. Ficus carica
  91. Ficus rubiginosa
  92. Firmiana simplex
  93. Fraxinus americana
  94. Fraxinus berlandieriana
  95. Fraxinus excelsior
  96. Fraxinus ornus
  97. Fraxinus pennsylvanica
  98. Fraxinus quadrangulata
  99. Fraxinus
  100. Ginkgo biloba
  101. Gleditsia triacanthos
  102. Grevillea robusta
  103. Gymnocladus dioicus
  104. Hamamelis virginiana
  105. Hibiscus
  106. Hibiscus syriacus
  107. Ilex cassine
  108. Ilex opaca
  109. Ilex
  110. Juglans cinerea
  111. Juglans nigra
  112. Juglans regia
  113. Juniperus virginiana
  114. Koelreuteria elegans
  115. Koelreuteria paniculata
  116. Laburnum watereri
  117. Larix decidua
  118. Ligustrum lucidum
  119. Ligustrum
  120. Liquidambar styraciflua
  121. Liriodendron tulipifera
  122. Lonicera
  123. Magnolia denudata
  124. Magnolia grandiflora
  125. Magnolia soulangiana
  126. Magnolia
  127. Magnolia stellata
  128. Malus pumila
  129. Malus
  130. Melia azedarach
  131. Metasequoia glyptostroboides
  132. Morus alba
  133. Morus rubra
  134. Myrica cerifera
  135. Myrica heterophylla
  136. Nyssa sylvatica
  137. Ostrya virginiana
  138. Oxydendrum arboreum
  139. Aracaceae
    common name: Palm species rank: family
  140. Paulownia tomentosa
  141. Persea borbonia
  142. Phellodendron amurense
  143. Phoenix canariensis
  144. Picea abies
  145. Picea glauca
  146. Picea mariana
  147. Picea pungens
  148. Picea
  149. Pinus banksiana
  150. Pinus clausa
  151. Pinus echinata
  152. Pinus glabra
  153. Pinus nigra
  154. Pinus resinosa
  155. Pinus rigida
  156. Pinus serotina
  157. Pinus
  158. Pinus strobus
  159. Pinus sylvestris
  160. Pinus thunbergii
  161. Pistacia chinensis
  162. Platanus acerifolia
  163. Platanus occidentalis
  164. Plumeria rubra
  165. Pongamia pinnata
  166. Poplar
  167. Populus alba
  168. Populus balsamifera
  169. Populus canescens
  170. Populus deltoides
  171. Populus grandidentata
  172. Populus heterophylla
  173. Populus nigra
  174. Populus tremuloides
  175. Populus trichocarpa
  176. Prunus americana
  177. Prunus armeniaca
  178. Prunus avium
  179. Prunus caroliniana
  180. Prunus cerasifera
  181. Prunus maackii
  182. Prunus pennsylvanica
  183. Prunus persica
  184. Prunus sargentii
  185. Prunus serotina
  186. Prunus serrulata
  187. Prunus
  188. Prunus subhirtella
  189. Prunus triloba
  190. Prunus virginiana
  191. Pseudotsuga menziesii
  192. Pyrus calleryana
  193. Pyrus communis
  194. Quercus acutissima
  195. Quercus alba
  196. Quercus austrina
  197. Quercus bicolor
  198. Quercus coccinea
  199. Quercus falcata
  200. Quercus incana
  201. Quercus lyrata
  202. Quercus macrocarpa
  203. Quercus marilandica
  204. Quercus muehlenbergii
  205. Quercus palustris
  206. Quercus phellos
  207. Quercus prinus
  208. Quercus robur
  209. Quercus rubra
  210. Quercus schumardii
  211. Quercus
  212. Quercus stellata
  213. Quercus velutina
  214. Quercus virginiana
  215. Robinia pseudoacacia
  216. Rosa
  217. Sabal palmetto
  218. Salix babylonica
  219. Salix matsudana
  220. Salix nigra
  221. Salix pentandra
  222. Salix
  223. Sapium sebiferum
  224. Sassafras albidum
  225. Sequoia sempervirens
  226. Sequoiadendron gigantea
  227. Sophora japonica
  228. Sorbus americana
  229. Sorbus aucuparia
  230. Syzygium cumini
  231. Tabebuia
  232. Taxodium distichum
  233. Taxus
  234. Thuja occidentalis
  235. Thuja orientalis
  236. Tilia
  237. Tilia americana
  238. Tilia cordata
  239. Tilia tomentosa
  240. Tsuga canadensis
  241. Ulmus alata
  242. Ulmus americana
  243. Ulmus crassifolia
  244. Ulmus parvifolia
  245. Ulmus procera
  246. Ulmus pumila
  247. Ulmus rubra
  248. Ulmus serotina
  249. Ulmus
  250. Ulmus thomasii
  251. Viburnum trilobum
  252. Zelkova serrata
  253. Zelkova

Geographic Coverages

New York City. Bounding box provided is not exact.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jeffrey J. Watson
originator
position: Director of GIS & Analytics
NYC Parks and Recreation
Olmsted Center, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Flushing
11368
New York
US
Telephone: +1(347) 203-8176
email: jeffrey.watson@parks.nyc.gov
homepage: https://nyc.gov/parks
Elizabeth Sellers
metadata author
position: Technical Information Specialist - Biology
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mailstop 302
Reston
20192
Virginia
US
Telephone: +1 (703) 648 4385
email: esellers@usgs.gov
homepage: https://profile.usgs.gov/esellers
Annie Simpson
metadata author
position: biologist and information scientist
USGS Core Science Systems
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
Reston
20192
VA
US
Telephone: 1-703-648-4281
email: asimpson@usgs.gov
Jeffrey J. Watson
point of contact
position: Director of GIS & Analytics
NYC Parks and Recreation
Olmsted Center, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Flushing
11368
New York
US
Telephone: +1(347) 203-8176
email: jeffrey.watson@parks.nyc.gov
homepage: https://nyc.gov/parks
Jeffrey J. Watson
administrative point of contact
position: Director of GIS & Analytics
NYC Parks and Recreation
Olmsted Center, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Flushing
11368
New York
US
Telephone: +1(347) 203-8176
email: jeffrey.watson@parks.nyc.gov
homepage: https://nyc.gov/parks
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