Ratings of street trees based on garden guide descriptions.
| ATTRIBUTE RATED (5 = VERY GOOD; 1 = VERY POOR) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Visual attract. | Shade | Disease resist. | Abs. of root prob. | Overall suitability | |||||
| Mean | N | Mean | N | Mean | N | Mean | N | Mean | N | |
| Chin. pistache | 4.1 | 25 | 4.0 | 24 | 3.4 | 25 | 4.3 | 14 | 3.9 | 24 |
| So. magnolia | 4.4 | 25 | 4.3 | 24 | 3.3 | 6 | 1.4 | 25 | 2.4 | 25 |
| Chin. hackberry | 4.0 | 25 | 4.0 | 24 | 4.2 | 26 | 4.7 | 24 | 4.0 | 25 |
| Modesto ash | 3.7 | 23 | 4.1 | 26 | 2.2 | 26 | 3.5 | 8 | 2.8 | 25 |
| Austral. willow | 4.1 | 24 | 2.9 | 25 | 4.7 | 23 | 4.7 | 22 | 4.0 | 23 |
| Amer. sweetgum | 4.4 | 26 | 3.7 | 23 | 3.8 | 25 | 2.0 | 26 | 3.4 | 26 |
| Amer. sycamore | 4.2 | 24 | 4.4 | 25 | 2.6 | 26 | 3.5 | 13 | 3.5 | 26 |
| Fern pine | 4.5 | 25 | 3.5 | 22 | 4.6 | 25 | 4.3 | 15 | 4.0 | 24 |