Evaluation of the Planning, Implementing, and Monitoring of the Urban Forest in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Article Figures & Data

Table 1.

Number of saplings planted in public streets and roads, by species, from May to June 1996.

Common name/species	No. of trees	%
Cássia amarela (Senna siamea)	132	39.4
Sombreiro (Clitoria fairchildiana)	57	17.0
Espirradeira (Nerium oleander)	55	16.4
Palmeira dendê (Elaeis guineensis)	21	6.3
Felício (Felicium decipiens)	20	6.0
Acácia cubana (Thespesia populnea)	17	5.0
Pau-brasil (Caesalpinia echinata)	8	2.4
Algodão-da-praia (Hybiscus pernambucensis)	7	2.1
Jasmim-natal (Lagerstroemia indica)	5	1.5
Mororó (Bauhinia variegata)	4	1.2
Palmeira imperial (Roystone regia)	3	0.9
Espatódea (Spathodea campanulata)	2	0.6
Cássia-cordão-de-ouro (Cassia fistula)	1	0.3
Cássia rosa (Cassia rosea)	1	0.3
Sibipiruma (Caesalpinia peltophoroides)	1	0.3
Ipê roxo (Tabebuia spp.)	1	0.3
Total	335	100.0

Table 2.

Trees pruned, by species.

Common name/ species	No. of trees	%
Acácia-mimosa (Pithecelobium dulce)	16	36.4
Oitizeiro (Licania tomentosa)	11	25.0
Cássia siamea (Senna siamea)	10	22.7
Amendoeira (Terminalia catappa)	03	6.8
Sombreiro (Clitoria fairchildiana)	02	4.5
Ficus benjamim (Ficus microcarpa)	01	2.3
Ipê roxo (Tabebuia spp.)	01	2.3
Total	44	100.0