New York City Street Tree Census - 2015

Annie Simpson

doi:10.15468/u3rrru

New York City Street Tree Census - 2015

Citation

The City of New York, Simpson A (2022). New York City Street Tree Census - 2015. United States Geological Survey. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/u3rrru accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-03.

Description

New York City’s tree inventory includes 592,130 publicly managed street trees. This represents 584,036 live trees and 8,036 standing dead trees tallied over the course of two summer inventory periods. The inventory contains 168 tree species with London planetree (Platanus acerifolia), Norway maple (Acer platanoides), callery pear (Pyrus calleryana), honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos) and pin oak (Quercus palustris) as the predominant species. 2015 Street Tree Census, conducted by volunteers and staff organized by NYC Parks & Recreation and partner organizations. Tree data collected includes tree species, diameter and perception of health. Ref: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Environment/2015-Street-Tree-Census-Tree-Data/uvpi-gqnh/data See also: https://www.nycgovparks.org/trees/treescount

Additional info

DwC term - original dataset term (from StreetTreeCensus2015TreesDataDictionary20161102.pdf): scientificName - derived from 'providedScientificName' based on https://itis.gov taxonRemarks = spa_latin taxonRank - derived during data processing basisOfRecord - derived during data processing recordNumber = tree_id recordedBy = user_type decimalLatitude = latitude decimalLongitude = longitude county - derived from boroname stateProvince = state occurrenceRemarks - derived from tree_dbh (tree diameter at breast height) occurrenceStatus = health: Alive, Dead, Stump organismRemarks (recordRemarks) = health: Good, Fair, Poor vernacularName = spc_common kingdom - derived during munging geodeticDatum - derived from metadata verbatimLocality - derived from address locationRemarks - derived from zip code municipality = zip_city locality - derived from nth_name countryCode - derived during data processing license - derived from metadata

Taxonomic Coverages

Woody trees (angiosperms and gymnosperms), of 131 distinct taxa, at genus, species, or subspecies levels.

Acer rubrum
Quercus palustris
Gleditsia triacanthos inermis
Tilia americana
Platanus acerifolia
Ginkgo biloba
Quercus phellos
Acer pseudoplatanus
Acer ginnala
Acer campestre
Ulmus americana
Fraxinus
Malus
Acer saccharinum
Corylus colurna
Prunus serotina
Juniperus virginiana
Acer platanoides
Liriodendron tulipifera
Quercus acutissima
Styphnolobium japonicum
Quercus bicolor
Chionanthus retusus
Magnolia grandiflora
Liquidambar styraciflua
Pyrus calleryana
Quercus coccinea
Chamaecyparis thyoides
Quercus velutina
Zelkova serrata
Quercus alba
Aesculus glabra
Quercus rubra
Tilia tomentosa
Carya glabra
Cladrastis kentukea
Morus
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Lagerstroemia
Sassafras albidum
Picea
Ulmus parvifolia
Aesculus hippocastanum
Ilex
Tilia cordata
Pinus strobus
Nyssa sylvatica
Syringa reticulata
Eucommia ulmoides
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Quercus robur
Fraxinus americana
Koelreuteria paniculata
Quercus shumardii
Ulmus pumila
Juglans nigra
Salix babylonica
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Robinia pseudoacacia
Parrotia persica
Cornus mas
Castanea mollissima
Quercus falcata
Prunus
Prunus cerasifera
Gymnocladus dioicus
Styrax japonicus
Acer saccharum
Thuja occidentalis
Cercis reniformis
Ailanthus altissima
Syringa pekinensis
Carpinus caroliniana
Populus deltoides
Tsuga canadensis
Betula pendula
Cedrus atlantica
Paulownia tomentosa
Crataegus
Prunus virginiana
Catalpa
Betula nigra
Acer negundo
Fagus sylvatica
Picea abies
Cedrus deodara
Phellodendron amurense
Acer palmatum
Quercus imbricaria
Magnolia
Cotinus coggygria
Betula papyrifera
Fagus grandifolia
Ostrya virginiana
Larix laricina
Taxodium ascendens
Crataegus crusgalli inermis
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Celtis occidentalis
Cornus florida
Cornus kousa
Acer
Cercis canadensis
Taxodium distichum
Magnolia acuminata
Amelanchier
Maclura pomifera
Acer griseum
Pinus resinosa
Pinus sylvestris
Acer tataricum
Acer nigrum
Picea pungens
Populus tremuloides
Aesculus carnea
Pinus nigra
Acer truncatum
Alnus glutinosa
Maackia amurensis
Carpinus betulus
Quercus macrocarpa
Populus grandidentata
Acer buergerianum
Pinus virginiana
Cornus alternifolia
Carpinus japonica
Pinus
Halesia diptera
Chamaecyparis pisifera
Pinus rigida
Albizia julibrissin

Geographic Coverages

New York City's five boroughs: Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.

Bibliographic Citations

The City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation (2016) Data Dictionary for the 2015 Street Tree Census. NYC Open Data. https://data.cityofnewyork.us/api/views/pi5s-9p35/files/2e1e0292-20b4-4678-bea5-6936180074b3?download=true&filename=StreetTreeCensus2015TreesDataDictionary20161102.pdf - https://data.cityofnewyork.us/api/views/pi5s-9p35/files/2e1e0292-20b4-4678-bea5-6936180074b3?download=true&filename=StreetTreeCensus2015TreesDataDictionary20161102.pdf

Contacts

The City of New York
originator
position: -
NYC Parks and Recreation
1 E 104th St
New York
10029
NY
US
homepage: https://www.nycgovparks.org/

Annie Simpson
originator
position: biologist & information scientist
USGS Core Science Systems
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
Reston
20192
VA
US
Telephone: 17036484281
email: asimpson@usgs.gov
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8338-5134

Annie Simpson
metadata author
position: biologist and information scientist
USGS Core Science Systems
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
Reston
20192
VA
US
Telephone: 17036484281
email: asimpson@usgs.gov
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8338-5134

The City of New York
administrative point of contact
position: -
NYC Parks and Recreation
New York
NY
US
homepage: https://www.nycgovparks.org/

Jeffrey J. Watson
administrative point of contact
position: Director of GIS and Analytics
NY City Parks and Recreation
Olmstead Center, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Flushing
11368
New York
US
email: Jeffrey.Watson@parks.nyc.gov