Table 2.

Means and other statistics for dbh’s and distances to sidewalks and curbs for sample trees of various species in San Juan and Mérida.

City/species	#	Dbh			Dissw^{^*}	Discb^{^**}
City/species	#	Mean±SD	Min.	Max.	Dissw^{^*}	Discb^{^**}
San Juan
Caoba	70	40.9±16.4	10	97	0.60±0.37	0.61±0.32
Laurel	58	102.2±69.9	13	278	1.84±1.96	2.03±1.80
María	75	37.3±11.5	13	66	0.62±0.12	0.69±0.29
Ucar	75	26.8± 9.7	9	54	0.58±0.12	0.63±0.19
Roble	69	23.8±12.3	8	72	0.64±0.36	0.61±0.19
Flamboyán	64	31.1±19.7	7	105	0.92±0.77	0.96±0.51
Melaleuca	70	16.4±11.9	6	80	0.58±0.24	0.59±0.32
Terocarpus	64	48.4±24.7	12	126	1.34±0.98	1.29±1.31
Reina de flores	49	40.3±16.8	14	86	0.99±0.64	0.75±1.23
Arbol orchida	68	23.7±13.1	10	77	0.72±0.60	0.86±0.60
Cassia rosada	71	27.8±10.5	11	76	0.58±0.16	0.69±0.77
Almendra	50	30.6±17.3	9	90	1.57±1.59	1.67±1.47
Mérida
Laurel	57	59.6±43.9	16	296	0.90±0.71	1.21±0.89
Maculis	71	41.9±13.3	11	71	0.60±0.34	0.74±0.58
Flamboyán	67	37.0±14.3	13	76	0.61±0.31	0.67±0.35
Lluvia de oro	73	31.4±10.8	14	63	0.52±0.29	0.73±0.58
Almendra	65	26.6±14.0	14	79	0.58±0.42	0.89±0.71
Tamarindo	35	49.3±30.6	13	146	0.61±0.22	0.87±0.64
Tulipán	58	26.7±12.6	10	55	1.11±0.99	1.00±0.81
Samán	66	64.3±29.2	15	147	1.00±0.74	0.91±0.50
Eritrina	69	27.1±12.3	10	72	0.42±0.20	0.51±0.40
Roble	47	53.6±13.4	26	104	0.70±0.47	0.76±0.78
Ramón	60	36.8±11.2	14	68	1.14±0.46	0.87±0.52
Algarrobo ebano	56	29.0±14.7	11	95	0.71±0.42	0.87±0.63

↵* Distance to sidewalk
↵** Distance to curb
Note: Dbh data are given for trees used in relation to curb damage. Because a portion of the trees did not have both sidewalk and curb nearby, means for sidewalk trees may differ slightly.