Height, caliper, structural defects, and the average number of pruning cuts required for each species.
| Species | Corymbia citriodora | Platanus × acerifolia | Pyrus calleryana | Quercus palustris | Ulmus parvifolia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of trees sampled | 48 | 104 | 79 | 65 | 52 | |
| Dimensions | Mean height (m) | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 3.8 |
| Mean caliper (mm) | 71.1 | 124.7 | 70.9 | 132.6 | 100.1 | |
| Number of pruning cuts | Mean secateurs | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| Mean handsaw | 0.3 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 3.2 | |
| Mean pole pruner | 0.2 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.7 | |
| Total average cuts | 1.0 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 6.3 | |
| Structural defects as a percentage of species sample number | Codominant stems | 18.75 | 44.2 | 60.8 | 66.2 | 92.3 |
| Included bark | 16.7 | 43.3 | 36.7 | 3.1 | 34.6 | |
| Low branching | 8.3 | 10.6 | 23.1 | 41.3 | 17.3 | |
| Rubbing branches | 2.1 | 2.9 | 16.5 | 20.0 | 13.5 | |
| Broken branch(es) | 4.2 | 16.3 | 5.1 | 10.8 | 9.6 | |
| Broken stem | 2.1 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | |
| Epicormic shoots | 0.0 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 3.8 | |
| Deadwood | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| No structural defects | 60.4 | 3.8 | 25.3 | 21.5 | 3.8 |