PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Susan M. Sisinni
AU  - Wayne C. Zipperer
AU  - Andrew G. Pleninger
TI  - Impacts from a Major Ice Storm: Street-Tree Damage in Rochester, New York
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.1995.026
DP  - 1995 May 01
TA  - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 156--167
VI  - 21
IP  - 3
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/21/3/156.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/21/3/156.full
SO  - JOA1995 May 01; 21
AB  - In March 1991, a major ice storm occurred in Rochester, New York. Data from a comprehensive public tree survey, designed to include information on storm damage, were used to identify responses of urban trees to severe glaze accumulation. Storm-damaged trees were classified as follows: Removal 1 (R1s), those that sustained 75% or greater live crown loss; and Removal 2 (R2s), those that sustained 50%-74% live crown loss. The inventory identified 58,536 trees and 129 species distributed throughout the city. Of the total population, 3,391 trees (5.8%) were listed as R1s and 8,606 (14.7%) were listed as R2s. Seventy species (54.2%) had at least one reported R1, and 87 species (67.4%) had at least one reported R2. Because Rochester’s street-tree population is comprised of so many species, each with varying degrees of storm damage, this study focused on those that represented greater than 1% of the total population. Seventeen species met this criterion. Damage to these species is reviewed, and management implications are discussed.