Table 3.

Average decreases in urban and community forestry (U&CF) business during 2020 due to COVID-19 among the respondents reporting ‘somewhat negative’ and ‘very negative’ impact.

Business typeTemporary decline (%) in sales and revenuesPermanent decline (%) in sales and revenues
Landscaping services27.7312.50
Nursery, greenhouse, and tree production41.3637.64
Nursery and garden supplies stores22.5020.00
Farm and garden machinery20.0010.00
Nursery and florist’s supplies merchant wholesalers45.0017.50
Landscape architectural services45.8331.00
Kruskal-Wallis equality-of-populations rank test (X2 statistics)*8.99 [0.11]9.40 [0.09]
  • *Values in brackets are P-values.