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Crown Encroachment on Southern Live Oaks in Suburban Settings: Tree Status and Homeowner Concerns

Mark Templeton and Francis E. Putz
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) November 2003, 29 (6) 337-341; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2003.042
Mark Templeton
1Department of Landscape Architecture University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.
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2Department of Botany University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.
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    A suburban Southern live oak in Gainesville, Florida, showing the impacts of stand crowding on crown form.

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    The status of 50 live oaks in each of four suburban neighborhoods in Gainesville, Florida. Live oaks were judged to be endangered when encroachers covered more than 50% of their crown.

    Approximate neighborhood ageNumber of encroached live oaks (n = 50)Percentage of live oak crown encroachedProperty size (ha)Property valueMean time before encroachers endanger the live oaksOwner likely to remove encroachers?
    medianrangemedianrangeyesno
    15 years4733.3%.186.081 − .291$136,965$86,330 − $187,6004.8 years34
    52 years4531.2%.162.080 − .247$133,145$53,180 − $213,11012.9 years33
    49 years4529.3%.117.081 − .227$87,665$37,130 − $138,2007.2 years41
    43 years477.8%.121.057 − .186$53,250$39,100 − $67,40011.8 years23
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Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Nov 2003, 29 (6) 337-341; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.2003.042
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