Northeast Community Tree Guide: Benefits, Costs, and Strategic Planting (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781508504047)

Trees make our cities more attractive and provide many ecosystem services, including air quality improvement, energy conservation, stormwater interception, and atmospheric carbon dioxide reduction. These benefits must be weighed against the costs of maintaining trees, including planting, pruning, irrigation, administration, pest control, liability, cleanup, and removal. We present benefits and costs for representative small, medium, and large deciduous trees and coniferous trees in the Northeast region derived from models based on indepth research carried out in the borough of Queens, New York City. Average annual net benefits (benefits minus costs) increase with mature tree size and differ based on location: $5 (yard) to $9 (public) for a small tree, $36 (yard) to $52 (public) for a medium tree, $85 (yard) to $113 (public) for a large tree, $21 (yard) to $33 (public) for a conifer. Two hypothetical examples of planting projects are described to illustrate how the data in this guide can be adapted to local uses, and guidelines for maximizing benefits and reducing costs are given.

Author: Forest U. S. Department of Agriculture
ISBN-10: 1508504040
ISBN-13: 9781508504047
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/26/2015
Pages: 118
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.25d