Table 3.

Trees surviving 50 years after 1932 in two Urbana, Illinois neighborhoods.

Tree speciesNumber of surviving treesTotal basal area in 1932 (ft2)Total basal area in 1982 (ft2)
Acer saccharinum (Silver maple)2413.20158.27
Acer saccharum (Sugar maple)2430.17101.51
Platanus occidentalis (Sycamore)910.6143.44
Celtis occidentalis (Common hackberry)810.5342.13
Acer rubrum (Red maple)30.0642.13
Catalpa speciosa (Western catalpa)21.7713.20
Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Green ash)21.7611.38
Ailanthus altissima (Tree of heaven)10.237.30
Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm)10.686.13
Ulmus americana (American elm)10.114.41
Quercus rubra (Red oak)1<0.017.71
Morus alba (Mulberry)1<0.019.01