New York City Street Tree Census - 2005

Jennifer Greenfield1, Annie Simpson2

1 NYC Parks, 24 W 61st St, 5th Floor, 10023, New York, United States; 2 USGS Core Science Systems, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, 20192, Reston, United States

Corresponding author(s): Jennifer GreenfieldAnnie Simpson (asimpson@usgs.gov)

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Resource Citation

Greenfield J, Osborne B (2020): New York City Tree Census 2005. United States Geological Survey. Dataset/Metadata. https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/resource?r=nycity-tree-census-2005 http://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/resource.do?r=nycity-tree-census-2005

Abstract

Citywide street tree data from the 2005 Street Tree Census, conducted partly by volunteers organized by NYC Parks & Recreation. Trees were inventoried by address, and were collected from 2005-2006. Data collected includes tree species, diameter, condition.

Keywords: Metadata, species, Metadata

General description

Purpose: Quantifying the enormous benefits of New York’s street trees, from pollution reduction to savings on air conditioning bills. Street trees provide almost $122 million in benefits annually to City residents and "are one of the best investments around."
Additional information: This is related to other NYC Tree Census datasets (1995 and 2015, to date). New York City tree censuses are conducted every 10 years.

Project details

Project title: New York City Street Tree Census 2005
Personnel: Benjamin Osborne
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The streets and parks of the five boroughs of New York City: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island.
Design description: As in https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Environment/2005-FH-Trees/h9ie-twq7/about, pdf link
NewYorkCity_StreetTreeCensus2005_DataDescription.pdf

Data published through GBIF: https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/resource?r=nycity-tree-census-2005

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: 165 tree species.
Taxonomic ranks
Genus: Acer, Amelanchier, Betula, Carya, Catalpa, Cornus, Crataegus, Fraxinus, Ilex, Juniperus, Larix, Magnolia, Malus, Morus, Picea, Pinus, Pinus thunbergii, Populus, Prunus, Quercus, Salix, Taxodium, Tilia, Ulmus
Species: Platanus acerifolia, Tilia cordata, Acer platanoides, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Pyrus calleryana, Acer rubrum, Gleditsia triacanthos, Acer saccharinum, Quercus palustris, Ginkgo biloba, Abies balsamea, Abies concolor, Acer buergerianum, Acer campestre, Acer ginnala, Acer griseum, Acer negundo, Acer nigrum, Acer palmatum, Acer platanoides, Acer pseudoplatanus, Acer rubrum, Acer saccharinum, Acer saccharum, Acer tataricum, Aesculus glabra, Aesculus hippocastanum, Aesculus X carnea, Ailanthus altissima, Albizia julibrissin, Alnus glutinosa, Betula alleghaniensis, Betula nigra, Betula papyrifera, Betula pendula, Carpinus betulus, Carpinus caroliniana, Carya glabra, Carya illinoinensis, Carya ovata, Castanea dentata, Castanea mollissima, Cedrus deodara, Cedrus libani, Celtis occidentalis, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, Cercis canadensis, Chamaecyparis pisifera, Chamaecyparis thyoides, Cladrastis lutea, Cornus alternifolia, Cornus amomum, Cornus florida, Cornus kousa, Cornus mas, Corylus colurna, Cotinus coggygria, Diospyros virginiana, Elaeagnus angustifolia, Eucommia ulmoides, Fagus grandifolia, Fagus sylvatica, Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Ginkgo biloba, Gleditsia triacanthos, Gymnocladus dioicus, Halesia carolina, Halesia diptera, Hamamelis virginiana, Juglans nigra, Juniperus recurva, Juniperus virginiana, Koelreuteria paniculata, Laburnum watereri, Larix laricina, Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera, Maackia amurensis, Maclura pomifera, Magnolia acuminata, Magnolia grandiflora, Malus pumila, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Nyssa sylvatica, Ostrya virginiana, Oxydendrum arboreum, Paulownia tomentosa, Phellodendron amurense, Picea abies, Picea pungens, Pinus echinata, Pinus mugo, Pinus nigra, Pinus resinosa, Pinus rigida, Pinus strobus, Pinus sylvestris, Pinus virginiana, Platanus acerifolia, Populus deltoides, Populus grandidentata, Populus nigra, Populus tremuloides, Prunus cerasifera, Prunus persica, Prunus serotina, Prunus serrulata, Prunus virginiana, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Pyrus calleryana, Pyrus communis, Quercus acutissima, Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor, Quercus coccinea, Quercus falcata, Quercus imbricaria, Quercus laevis, Quercus laurifolia, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus palustris, Quercus phellos, Quercus robur, Quercus rubra, Quercus stellata, Quercus velutina, Robinia pseudoacacia, Salix babylonica, Salix matsudana, Sassafras albidum, Sorbus alnifolia, Sorbus americana, Styphnolobium japonicum, Styrax japonicus, Syringa reticulata, Taxodium ascendens, Taxodium distichum, Thuja occidentalis, Tilia americana, Tilia cordata, Tilia tomentosa, Tsuga canadensis, Ulmus alata, Ulmus americana, Ulmus parvifolia, Ulmus procera, Ulmus pumila, Ulmus rubra, Ulmus thomasii, Zelkova serrata
Common names: London planetree, Littleleaf linden, Norway maple, Green ash, Callery pear, Red maple, Honeylocust, Silver maple, Pin oak, Ginkgo, Red maple, Silver maple, Sugar maple

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: New York City: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
The area was divided into 1,649 zones for recruitment of volunteers to collect the data.
Coordinates: 40°29'49.2''N and 40°54'46.8''N Latitude; 74°15'18''W and 73°42'3.6''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 2005 - 2006

Methods

Method step description: Full methodology is described here:
https://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/trees_greenstreets/images/treecount_report.pdf
Study extent description: New York City; Citywide; 2005-2006
Sampling description: Citywide count of trees that grow on New York City streets and are managed by Parks

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive New York City Street Tree Census - 2005
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/archive.do?r=nycity-tree-census-2005
Publication date of data: 2023-01-04
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

External datasets

Dataset description
Object name: NYC 2005 Tree Census
Character encoding: html
Format name: html
Distribution: https://www.nycgovparks.org/trees/tree-census/2005-2006

Dataset description
Object name: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK MUNICIPAL FOREST RESOURCE ANALYSIS
Character encoding: ASCII
Format name: pdf
Distribution: https://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/trees_greenstreets/images/NYC_STRATUM_report_2007.pdf

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2020-07-07
Hierarchy level: Dataset