Table 2.

Survival and branch loss of tree species (excluding palms, see Table 1) in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Georges (110 mph)^{^z}.

Tree species	Sample size	Survival (%)	Branch loss (%)	Recalculated survival (%)
Araucaria heterophylla	25	88	41	52
Bauhinia monandra	31	71	41	39
Bucida buceras	286	84	33	59
Callistemon citrinus	42	81	12	69
Calophyllum calaba (^{^w} in south FL)	295	93	20	81
Cassia javanica	28	86	42	57
Cassia siamea	94	85	53	30
Crescentia cujete	21	67	12	62
Cupressus sempervirens	31	29	7	29
Delonix regia (^{^w} in s. FL)	194	94	33	68
Enterolobium cyclocarpum	20	100	23	85
Eucalyptus robusta	69	86	59	28
Ficus benjamina	65	83	25	63
Ficus macrocarpa	33	76	18	67
Ficus microcarpa (^{^x} in central and south FL)	22	100	25	73
Hibiscus elatus	25	100	63	20
Lagerstroemia speciosa	138	88	28	70
Mangifera indica	76	76	36	51
Melaleuca quinquenervia^{^y}	37	65	21	57
Melicoccus bijugatus	22	82	25	64
Pinus caribaea	53	89	16	85
Pterocarpus indicus	32	97	29	75
Pterocarpus macrocarpus	43	95	33	77
Schefflera actinophylla (^{^x} in central and south FL)	24	88	17	79
Spathodea campanulata	24	67	52	37
Swietenia mahagoni	146	92	21	80
Swietenia macrophylla	69	74	28	64
Swietenia macrophylla × mahagoni	36	89	43	58
Tabebuia heterophylla	334	83	26	65
Terminalia cattapa (^{^w} in south FL)	44	89	35	52
Thuja orientalis	36	92	16	86
Least significant difference, P = 0.05	—	16	21	23

↵^zRecalculated survival was calculated by subtracting trees with ≥50% branch loss. Numbers are only presented for tree species having a sample size greater than 20 trees for each hurricane.
↵^yProhibited from use in Florida.
↵^xInvasive and not recommended for use in Florida.
↵^wCaution: may be used but manage to prevent escape in Florida (Fox et al. 2005).