Table 1.

Straight line equations for the relationship between branch crown radius and root spread radius.

Speciesb0b1r
Southern magnolia−0.533.77a.98**
Live oak1.610.36b.23
Red maple−0.163.06a.97**
Honeylocust−1.022.95a.99**
Poplar−0.633.08a.74*
Green ash01.68a.99**
  • y = b0 + b1 x where: y = root radius (m), b0 = y intercept, b1 = slope of line, x = crown radius (m), r = correlation coefficient

  • * Significant at the 0.05 level.

  • ** Significant at the 0.01 level.