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Quantifying the Role of Urban Forests in Removing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Rowan A. Rowntree and David J. Nowak
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) October 1991, 17 (10) 269-275; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1991.061
Rowan A. Rowntree
Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, c/o SUNY-CESF Syracuse, NY 13210
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David J. Nowak
Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, c/o SUNY-CESF Syracuse, NY 13210
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    Estimates of tons of carbon stored per acre for urban forests of varying tree cover. Estimates are given for 4 different diameter distributions (Type 1-3 and Average - see Table 1).

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    Estimates of tons of carbon sequestered annually per acre for urban forests of varying tree cover. Estimates are given for 4 different diameter distributions (Type 1-3 and Average - see Table 1).

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    Annual carbon sequestration rates for one hardwood tree (sugar maple, Acer saccharum) and one conifer tree (eastern white pine, Pinus strobus).

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    Cumulative amount of carbon sequestered by 500 and 1,000 hardwood trees (sugar maple, Acer saccharum), and emitted by a building with an annual carbon emission rate of 30.9 tons.

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    Figure 5.

    Cumulative amount of carbon sequestered by 500 and 1,000 conifer trees (eastern white pine, Pinus strobus), and emitted by a building with an annual carbon emission rate of 30.9 tons.

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    Table 1. Percent of population within 6-inch diameter classes with Type 1-3 population distributions (6) and average of all three distributions.
    Distrbution typeDiameter class (in.) ‘
    0-67-1213-1819-2425-30<30
    Type 14227141061
    Type 2212926888
    Type 323152016188
    Avg.29242011116
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    Table 2. The number of seedlings, 15 gallon (1” dbh) or 10 year old (3” dbh) trees required for an individual of a given age to steward for life to account for the 2.3 tons/year of per capita United States carbon dioxide emissions.
    AgeNumber of seedlings15 Gallon trees10-Year-old trees
    0454030
    10605035
    20806540
    301208550
    4021013570
    5055025595
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    Table 3. Approximate age-diameter relations (2) for Figures 3–5.
    AgeDiameter (in.)
    103
    3012
    5024
    7035
    9044
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Rowan A. Rowntree, David J. Nowak
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Oct 1991, 17 (10) 269-275; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1991.061
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