Householder Evaluation of Two Street Tree Species

Article Figures & Data

Table 1.

Perceived benefits and annoyances of elm and planetree.

Trail	Elm N=96	Plane N=108
Trail	Mean rating*
Benefit
gives shade	3.8	3.7
pleasing to the eye	3.6	3.6
marks change in seasons	2.9	2.8
slows wind speed	2.7	2.3
increases privacy	2.6	2.1
reduces noise	2.6	2.3
increases property values	2.4	3.1
fall color	2.4	2.4
flowers on tree	1.4	1.2
Annoyance
insects in tree	2.8	1.5
diseases on tree	2.5	1.8
fallen leaves in autumn	2.4	2.6
sap drips	2.4	1.4
falling limbs	2.3	2.3
leaves fall continuously in summer	2.2	2.0
roots too close to surface	2.0	2.0
sidewalk damaged by roots	2.0	2.0
causes allergies	1.6	1.6
branches and suckers at base	1.6	1.2
fruit or seed pods fall	1.5	1.7
roots clog sewers	1.5	1.3
roots send up suckers	1.5	1.2
flower parts fall	1.3	1.2
mistletoe	1.2	1.3
makes street dark	1.3	1.2
blocks view	1.2	1.1
reduces personal security	1.2	1.1

↵* Rated on a 4-point scale from major(4), moderate (3), minor (2), to no benefit or does not apply (1).

Table 2.

Demographic attributes of respondents