Table 3.

Mean total nitrogen (percent total N on dry weight basis) in leaves of 25 landscape tree species.

Tree speciesMean (%)zy
White mulberry (Morus alba)2.9 a
Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)2.8 ab
White birch (Betula pendula)2.7 ab
Goldenrain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)2.6 b
Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)2.6 b
Raywood ash (Fraxinus oxycarpa)2.4 c
Valley oak (Quercus lobata)2.3 c
White alder (Alnus rhombifolia)2.3 c
Chinese pistache (Pistachia chinensis)2.3 c
Modesto ash (Fraxinus velutina ‘Modesto’)2.2 cd
Zelkova (Zelkova serrata)2.2 cde
Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)2.2 cde
Chinese hackberry (Celtis sinensis)2.2 cde
Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum)2.1 cde
London planetree (Platanus acerifolia)2.0 def
Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera)2.0 def
Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.)1.9 ef
Cork oak (Quercus suber)1.9 f
Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba)1.9 f
Holly oak (Quercus ilex)1.6 g
Olive (Olea europa)1.6 g
Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)1.6 g
Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana ‘Bradford’)1-6 g
Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)1.3 h
Deodar cedar (Cedrus deodara)1.1 h
  • z Range of 20 trees sampled.

  • y Means followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different at 5% (DMRT).