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    DOI10.15468/u3rrru

    Occurrence dataset Registered October 26, 2021

    New York City Street Tree Census - 2015

    Published by United States Geological Survey
    The City of New York • Simpson A
    data.cityofnewyork.us
    LicenceCC0 1.0

    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

    Geographic scope

    Description

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

    Latitude
    From 40.499 to 40.906
    Longitude
    From -74 to -73.717

    Temporal scope

    range
    May 19, 2015 - October 05, 2016

    Taxonomic scope

    Description

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

    Coverage
    Acer rubrumQuercus palustrisGleditsia triacanthos inermisTilia americanaPlatanus acerifolia

    Metrics

    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

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    Contacts

    • The City of New York

      Originator
      Administrative point of contact
      Organization
      NYC Parks and Recreation
      Position
      -
      Address
      1 E 104th St
      Roles
      Originator
      Administrative point of contact

    • Annie Simpson

      Originator
      Metadata author
      Organization
      USGS Core Science Systems
      Position
      biologist & information scientist
      Address
      12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
      Roles
      Originator
      Metadata author
      Email
      Phone
      User ID

    • Jeffrey J. Watson

      Administrative point of contact
      Organization
      NY City Parks and Recreation
      Position
      Director of GIS and Analytics
      Address
      Olmstead Center, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
      Roles
      Administrative point of contact
      Email

    GBIF registration

    Registration date
    October 26, 2021
    Metadata last modified
    March 01, 2023
    Publication date
    December 29, 2022
    Hosted by
    United States Geological Survey
    Installation
    USGS GBIF-US IPT
    Endpoints
    Darwin Core Archive
    EML
    Preferred identifier
    10.15468/u3rrru
    Alternative identifiers
    GBIF registration details

    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 2025-08-30.