VILLAGE AND CITY STREET TREE RESOURCES: A COMPARISON OF STRUCTURE

Abstract

Summary The degree to which the street tree and streetside space resources of small communities are miniaturizations of the resources of larger cities may affect tree management. In this case study, the streetside space and street tree resources of two small villages, Jordan and Baldwinsville, are compared to those of a nearby city, Syracuse, New York. The two villages differ in the extent to which they are miniaturizations of Syracuse. The proportion of severely restricted streetside spaces is lower in the villages due in part to their disproportionately smaller areas of commercial land use. Surfacing of most streetside strips abutting commercial land use presents the most adverse conditions for street tree growth. Each of the communities in this study, though physiographically similar, has a unique street tree population due in part to the history of the street trees in that community, as well as the current phase of the population life cycle—establishment, maturity and replacement.