Table 2.

Species diversity index (SDI) of streetside tree popuylations in 21 cities and towns. SDI was calculated according to the formula (2).

City or townSDIOriginal data from
United Kingdom
Northamptonshire4.4(1)
Avon County4.5(1)
Churchyards in Gwynedd, Wales5.8(5)
Lambeth Borough, London6.0(13)
Manchester City6.9(19)
District of Arfon,Gwynedd, Wales7.3(7)
Norfolk8.4(1)
Unites States
Reed Keppler Park trees5.0(8)
Syracuse, NY6.5(15)
New Orleans, LA7.6(18)
Urban Springfield, MA9.2(4)
Prince Georges, MD10.0(21)
40 towns in Iowa11.5(20)
Urban Amherst, MA11.7(4)
Wicomico, MD13.6(21)
Northwestern University campus, IL14.9(12)
Two Urbana, IL neighborhoods15.9(3)
Anne Arundel, MD20.1(21)
Other countries
Longyan, Fujian, China6.0(11)
Athens, Greece11.4(14)
Hong Kong12.7(10)