Table 1.

Presentation of different urban forest software, applications, and tools. N/A = not applicable.

Type of toolName of toolCompany/institutionCountry/regionFree to use?Publication
Planting-recommendation, species-selection, decision-making toolsCitreeTechnische Universität DresdenCentral EuropeYesVogt et al. 2017
i-Tree SpeciesUSDA Forest Service, Davey Tree Expert Company, The Arbor Day Foundation, Society of Municipal Arborists, International Society of Arboriculture, Casey Trees, SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestryWorldwideYesNowak et al. 2018
Right Place Right Tree— BostonBoston University Biogeoscience and URBAN graduate programsBoston, USAYesWerbin et al. 2020
Select TreeUrban Forest Ecosystems Institute, California Polytechnic State UniversityCalifornia, USAYesN/A
SESAMECerema, Ville de Metz et Metz MétropoleFranceYesCerema 2019
Tree AdvisorUSDA National Agroforestry CenterNorthern and Central Great Plains, USAYesBentrup and Dosskey 2022
Tree Planting Predictor™ ToolEdge ImpactWorldwidePartiallyN/A
Which Plant WhereMacquarie UniversityAustraliaYesEllsworth et al. 2018
Urban ecosystem services assessmentaEcoServRLiverpool John Moores University, Natural Capital Solutions, Forest Research, and the Cheshire Wildlife TrustUnited KingdomYesBusdieker et al. 2020
i-Tree Eco, i-Tree Design, MyTreeUSDA Forest Service, Davey Tree Expert Company, The Arbor Day Foundation, Society of Municipal Arborists, International Society of Arboriculture, Casey Trees, SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestryWorldwideYesHirabayashi et al. 2022
OpenTreeMapAZAVEA, Inc.North AmericaNoN/A
Social Values for Ecosystem Services (SolVES)United States Geological SurveyWorldwideYesSherrouse et al. 2022
Urban InVESTNatural Capital ProjectWorldwideYesHamel et al. 2021
Microclimate simulation modelsENVI-metENVI-met GmbHNoTsoka et al. 2018
GreenpassGREENPASS GmbHWorldwideNoElagiry et al. 2019; Kraus and Scharf 2019
Computational fluid dynamics softwaree.g. SimScale, OpenFoamWorldwideYes/NoBuccolieri et al. 2018
Tree explorer, canopy explorer, citizen science, visualisation toolsExploring Tree Equity in BostonSpeak for the Trees, BostonBoston, USAYesN/A
Falling FruitFalling FruitWorldwideYesN/A
Google Earth Engine AppsTree Canopy Lab (e.g., Los Angeles)USAYesN/A
Healthy Trees, Healthy CitiesThe Nature Conservancy, USDA Forest Service, and the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at the University of GeorgiaWorldwideYesHallett et al. 2019
i-Tree Canopy, i-Tree Landscape, OurTreesUSDA Forest Service, Davey Tree Expert Company, The Arbor Day Foundation, Society of Municipal Arborists, International Society of Arboriculture, Casey Trees, SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestryWorldwideYesNowak et al. 2018
New York City Street Tree MapCity of New York, New York City ParksNew York, USAYesN/A
Many other cities with similar platformse.g., Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles (USA); Montréal, Québec, Ottawa (Canada)WorldwideYesN/A
MapMyTreeEuropean Environment AgencyEuropeYesN/A
OpenTrees.orgSteve Bennett, freelance web developerWorldwideYesN/A
Tree Equity Score AnalyserAmerican ForestsUSAYesN/A
TreepediaMIT Senseable City Lab, World Economic ForumWorldwideYesAbbati 2019; Cai et al. 2018
TreeKeeper CanopyDavey Tree Expert CompanyWorldwideNoN/A
Tree inventory, data collection, mapping, tree managementArborProArborPro, Inc.USANoN/A
ArborScopeTMBartlett Tree ExpertsNorth America, EuropeNoN/A
ArcGIS CollectorEsriWorldwideNoN/A
TreeKeeper Inventory management softwareDavey Tree Expert CompanyNorth AmericaNoN/A
TreePlotterPlanIT GEO™WorldwideNoMorar et al. 2019
Urban Forest MetrixForest Metrix ProUSANoN/A
Tree care, software for arboristsbArborgoldArborgoldWorldwideNoN/A
ArbornoteArbornoteWorldwideNoN/A
SingleOpsSingleOpsWorldwideNoN/A
TreeziA Plus Tree, Inc.WorldwideNoN/A

  • ↵a For a more detailed review of ecosystem services assessment tools, see Bagstad et al. 2013.

  • ↵b For more information on these tools, consult Boyer et al. 2016.