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Tables
- Table 1.
Surveyed South Dakota communities by municipal league population divisions and location in the state.
East River West River Class (east or west of Missouri River) Class 1 Brookings (18,504) Spearfish (8606) More than 5000 residents Pierre (13,876) Class 2 Canton (3110) Eagle Butte (619) Between 500 and 5000 Clark (1285) Murdo (612) DeSmet (1164) Presho (588) Mobridge (3574) Wall (818) Selby (736) White River (598) Tripp (711) Class 3 Andover (97) Batesland (88) Fewer than 500 residents Bushnell (75) Bison (373) Dolton (41) Kennebec (286) Eden (97) Wasta (75) Geddes (252) Harrold (209) Hitchcock (108) Lake Nordon (432) Montrose (480) Naples (25) Nunda (47) Pickstown (168) Ree Height (85) Roscoe (324) Stockholm (105) Yale (118) - Table 2.
Street tree characteristics by municipal league community population classes for the 34 surveyed communities.
Community class Mean city population n Trees per capita mean ± SE Planting sites per capita mean ± SE Percent full stocking mean ± SE Class 1 23,662 3 0.29 ± 0.14 0.41 ± 0.19 0.69 ± 0.01 Class 2 1256 11 0.53 + 0.26 1.08 ± 0.42 0.49 ± 0.19 Class 3 174 20 0.76 ± 0.57 1.65 ± 1.15 0.46 ± 0.15 SE = standard error.
- Table 3.
Street tree population of 34 surveyed South Dakota communities by family, genus, and species.
Family Percent of total Genus Percent of total Species Percent of total Aceracae 11.2 Acer 11.2 × freemanii 0.4 negundo 0.7 platanoides 2.3 rubrum 0.2 saccharinum 5.8 saccharum 1.5 tataricum 0.3 Betulaceae 0.1 Betula <0.1 nigra <0.1 papyrifera <0.1 pendula <0.1 Ostrya <0.1 virginiana <0.1 Bignoniaceae 0.2 Catalpa 0.2 speciosa 0.2 Cupressaceae 0.1 Juniperus 0.1 scopulorum <0.1 virginiana <0.1 Elaeagnaceae 0.2 Elaeagnus 0.2 angustifolia 0.2 Fabaceae 6.0 Gleditsia 5.3 triacanthos 5.3 Gymnocladus 0.2 dioicus 0.2 Robinia 0.4 pseudoacacia 0.4 Fagaceae 1.1 Quercus 1.1 macrocarpa 1.1 rubra <0.1 Gingoaceae <0.1 Ginkgo <0.1 biloba <0.1 Hippocastanaceae 0.2 Aesculus 0.2 glabra 0.2 Juglandaceae 2.2 Juglans 2.2 nigra 2.2 Moraceae 0.1 Morus 0.1 alba 0.1 Oleaceae 36.5 Fraxinus 36.3 americana 0.4 manushurica (hybrids) <0.1 nigra 0.5 pennsylvanica 35.3 Syringa 0.2 reticulata 0.2 Pinaceae 4.0 Larix <0.1 decidua <0.1 Picea 2.9 abies <0.1 glauca 0.9 pungens 2.0 Pinus 1.1 nigra 0.3 ponderosa 0.7 strobus <0.1 sylvestris <0.1 Pseudotsuga <0.1 menziesii <0.1 Plataceae <0.1 Platanus <0.1 occidentalis <0.1 Rhamnaceae <0.1 Rhamnus <0.1 cathartica <0.1 Roseaceae 9.0 Crataegus 0.1 spp. 0.1 Malus 7.7 spp. 7.7 Prunus 0.5 maackia 0.1 mandshurica <0.1 nigra <0.1 virginiana 0.3 Pyrus <0.1 communis <0.1 ussuriensis <0.1 Sorbus 0.7 aucuparia 0.7 Salicaceae 3.5 Populus 3.2 alba 0.6 balsamifera <0.1 deltoides 2.3 nigra <0.1 tremuloides 0.2 Salix 0.3 alba 0.3 Simaroubaceae <0.1 Ailanthus <0.1 altissima <0.1 Tiliaceae 5.6 Tilia 5.6 americana 2.8 cordata 2.8 mongolica <0.1 Ulmaceae 19.0 Celtis 5.3 occidentalis 5.3 Ulmus 13.7 americana 9.1 pumila 4.6 - Table 4.
The five most abundant tree species in the 34 surveyed communities by percentage for the three municipal league community population classes.
Class 1 (n = 3) Class 2 (n = 11) Class 3 (n = 20) Species Mean ± SE Species Mean ± SE Species Mean ± SE Green ash 32.0 ±7.1 Green ash 40.8 ± 14.5 Green ash 42.3 ± 6.4 Crabapple 11.4 ±6.6 Silver maple 9.3 ± 4.4 Siberian elm 9.8 ± 5.1 American elm 9.7 ±3.6 American elm 8.1 ± 8.0 American elm 8.1 ± 1.8 Hackberry 6.2 ± 2.9 Siberian elm 7.3 ± 7.1 Cottonwood 6.1 ± 2.2 Silver maple 4.3 ± 0.4 Hackberry 4.1 ± 2.3 Blue spruce 5.0 ± 1.3 SE = standard error.
- Table 5.
Diameter distribution of the five most abundant tree species in the 34 surveyed communities by percentage within a species.z
2.5–7.6 10.115.2 17.8–30.5 33.0–45.7 48.2–61.0 63.5–76.2 78.7–91.4 94.0–106.7 109.2 + cm Species 1–3 4–6 7–12 13–18 19–24 25–30 31–36 37–42 43 + in Acer saccharinum 5.4 5.4 16.0 10.8 26.0 23.5 5.9 2.8 4.2 Celtis occidentalis 6.7 3.5 26.8 35.9 20.6 1.6 3.9 0.0 1.0 Fraxinus pennsylvanica 10.1 11.8 26.8 28.6 18.8 7.1 0.7 0.1 <0.1 Malus spp. 23.7 76.2 0.1 — — — — — — Ulmus americana 0.7 1.4 3.5 11.4 25.4 25.5 19.9 6.9 5.2 ↵zDiameter measured at 1.37 m (4.5 ft).
- Table 6.
The three most common genera found in 34 South Dakota surveyed communities as a percentage of full stocking.
Genera Mean % ± SE Acer 4.3 ± 1.4 Fraxinus 19.1 ±4.9 Ulmus 8.1 ±3.2 SE = standard error.