Table 3.

Seventeen dominant species (i.e., those that individually comprise 1% or greater of the Rochester, New York, street-tree population) listed by total individuals, percentage of total population, number of storm-damaged trees (R1s and R2s), percentage of total storm-damaged trees, and Relative Storm Damage (RSD—%Storm-Damaged Trees/ % Total Population). Species are listed in order of most to least storm damage as indicated by RSD values.

SpeciesTotal (% of total1)Storm-damaged (% of total2)RSD3
Japanese pagoda1068 (1.8)674 (5.6)3.1
Green ash5262 (9.0)2676 (22.3)2.5
Silver maple3013 (5.1)1083 (9.0)1.8
London planetree1802 (3.1)449 (3.7)1.2
Callery pear837 (1.4)197 (1.6)1.1
Norway maple16,226 (27.7)3259 (27.2)1.0
Honeylocust6118 (10.5)1118 (9.3)0.9
Red maple1384 (2.4)232 (1.9)0.8
Littleleaf linden4117 (7.0)550 (4.6)0.7
Sugar maple2322 (4.0)182 (1.5)0.4
Northern red oak714 (1.2)38 (0.3)0.3
Crabapple1084 (1.9)42 (0.4)0.2
Sweetgum772 (1.3)25 (0.2)0.2
Schwedler Norway maple1619 (2.8)34 (0.3)0.1
Columnar Norway maple1391 (2.4)9 (0.1)<0.1
Crimson King maple2596 (4.4)13 (0.1)<0.1
Ginkgo614 (1.0)1 (<0.1)<0.1
Total50,939 (87.0)10,582 (88.1)NA
  • 1 Total population = 58,537 trees

  • 2 Total R1s and R2s = 11,997 trees

  • 3 % storm-damaged /% total