Table 2. Motivation for adding trees to property.

Motivation	Mean rank^{^sa}	Standard deviation	No. of people listing it as a reason to plant
Shade	1.73	1.1	41
Aesthetics	1.8	1	46
Other reason (usually to obtain fruit)	1.8	1.3	15
Energy savings	3	1.7	32
Ecological benefit	3.7	1.8	27
Privacy	3.81	1.81	26
Property value	3.96	1.87	26

↵a 1 = most important.