Wholesale nursery stock adaptation table illustrating the nursery stock details used in the original monetary conversion factor calculations as compared to the details used in this study. The data used was based on the most readily available information in each country while staying true to the original techniques. TFT (Trunk Formula Technique); LCANT (Largest Commonly Available Nursery Tree); CAVAT (Capital Asset Valuation for Amenity Trees); STEM (Standard Tree Evaluation Method).
| Original calculation | AustraliaX | CanadaY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TFT | LCANT | LCANT (NSW) | LCANT (Ontario) |
| Tree size | 75 to 200-L container | 50 to 90-mm caliper | |
| CAVAT | Top 10 street trees (England) | Top 10 street trees (Sydney) | Top 20 trees used by the city (Toronto) |
| Tree size | 12 to 14-cm cir (1-m height) | 100-L container | 50-mm caliper (150-mm height) |
| MIS506/24 | Market survey (Australia) | Market survey (Australia) | Average unit cost (Ontario) |
| Tree size | 45 to 600-L container sizes | 45 to 600-L container sizes | 50 to 100-mm caliper sizes |
| Thyer | Top 4 to 5 nursery trees sold | Average nursery trees sold | Converted as a proportion of economic measure |
| Tree size | 5-L container | 5-L container | |
| STEM | 5-year-old tree | Species specific | Species specific |
| Tree size | 100-L container | 50-mm caliper |
↵X EvergreenConnect used to source nursery stock in Australia (plant search; EvergreenConnect, Sunnybank, Queensland, Australia).
↵Y Nursery catalogues used to source nursery stock in Canada (2024 wholesale price list; Kobes Nurseries Inc., Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada)(2024 price list; NVK Nurseries Inc., Dundas, Ontario, Canada)(2024 price list; Uxbridge Nurseries Ltd., Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada).