Tree health analysis in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area
Publication date: 2006
Bounding Coordinates:
Longitude:-112.794316 to -111.566698
Latitude:33.838010 to 33.198342
Global Institute of Sustainability,Arizona State University,POB 875402,Tempe
caplter.data@asu.edu
Author(s):
- Jean Stutz
Abstract:
Urban trees contribute significantly to human health and environmental quality but assessments of their health are rare. This project involved developing an urban tree health monitoring protocol for use in the Southwestern US and using it to conduct field assessments of urban tree health in the Phoenix urban ecosystem during the winter/spring of 2006. Field manuals prepared by the USDA Forest Service for use in monitoring urban forest health (Cumming et al. 2001) were adapted to reflect the unique stresses and diseases that occur in urban areas in the southwestern US. Tree health was then assessed using a subset of field plots that have been established as part of the Survey 200 project and NPP intensive monitoring project as a foci. Ten to fifteen trees were assessed at each site for general tree health including canopy condition, canopy dieback and disease and pest problems. Abiotic problems were also assessed including stress problems, nutrient deficiency symptoms, improper pruning practices, trunk damage and girdling.
Keywords:
human decisions and biodiversity, primary production sonoran desert, phoenix, urban, metropolitan area, populations, insects, human decisions and biodiversity, primary production, Climate, Ecosystems and People, disturbance, tree health, wounds, infection, disease, stress urban, monitoring, nutrients, measurements, events, trees, canopies, chlorophyll a, disease, wood caplter, central arizona phoenix longterm ecological research, arizona, caplter created, az, cap, arid land
Temporal Coverage:
2006-01-05 to 2008-02-28Geographic Coverage:
Geographic Description: Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona, USABounding Coordinates:
Longitude:-112.794316 to -111.566698
Latitude:33.838010 to 33.198342
Contact:
Information Manager,Global Institute of Sustainability,Arizona State University,POB 875402,Tempe
caplter.data@asu.edu
Data Files (7) :
Tabular: 155_general_health_1.csv
Description: measures of general tree health at sites
| Column | Description | Type | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| num_pruning_wounds | This is the amount of pruning wounds found on each sample
described as some, none, or many. |
string | |
| canopy | This is the health of the canopy as described by very good,
good, fair, and poor. |
string | |
| staking_damage | This is the type of damage sustained from staking. The
measurements are no damage, girdled, and girdled - guy wire still
attached. |
string | |
| crossing_branches | This indicates whether crossing branches are present or
absent in the tree. |
string | |
| sunburn | This indicates the presence or absence of sun damage to the
tree. |
string | |
| pest | This indicates the presence or absence of
pests. |
string | |
| sample_id | The sample id is a unique number assigned to each sample
used in this study. |
int unsigned | |
| sampling_event_id | The sampling even is a number used to identify the sampling
conditions. |
int unsigned |
Tabular: 155_pest_problems_1.csv
Description: pest problems of specific trees at each site
| Column | Description | Type | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| slime_flux | This indicates the amount of slime on the sample as none,
low, moderate, and high. |
string | |
| fasciation | This indicates the presence or absence of fasciation on the
sample. |
string | |
| ash_decline | This number indicates the percent of the sample affected by
ash decline. |
tinyint unsigned | dimensionless |
| sapsucker_damage | This indicates the presence or absence of damages caused by
sapsuckers. |
string | |
| woodrot | This indicates the absence or presence of wood rot. In the
event wood rot is present, the general location (such as main trunk) is
indecated. |
string | |
| gummosis | This indicates the amount of gummosis present on the tree.
It is indecated with none, low, moderate, or high. |
string | |
| watersoakedbark | This indicates the presence or absence of water soaked
bark. |
string | |
| sooty_canker | This indicates the absence or presence of a sooty canker in
the main trunk or canopy. |
string | |
| chlorosis | This indicates the percent of the sample affected by
chlorosis. |
tinyint unsigned | dimensionless |
| canopy_dieback | This indicates the percent of the canopy that has
died. |
tinyint unsigned | dimensionless |
| aphids | This indicates the presence or absence of
aphids. |
string | |
| mites | This indicates the presence or absence of
mites. |
string | |
| pine_blight | This indicates the percent of the sample affected by pine
blight. |
tinyint unsigned | dimensionless |
| stubborn_disease | This indicates the presence or absence of stubborn
disease |
string | |
| nutrient_deficiency | This indicates the deficient nutrient in the
tree. |
string | |
| verticillium_wilt | This indicates the percent of the sample affected by
verticillium wilt. |
tinyint unsigned | dimensionless |
| sampling_event_id | The sampling event is a number used to identify the
sampling conditions. |
int unsigned | |
| sample_id | The sample id is a unique number assigned to each sample
used in this study. |
int unsigned |
Tabular: 155_pruning_wounds_1.csv
Description: pruning wounds on trees
| Column | Description | Type | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| pw_id | This is the pruning wound identification
abbreviation. |
string | |
| wound_name | These are the types of wounds abbreviated by the
id. |
string | |
| description | These are the definitions of the
wounds. |
string |
Tabular: 155_sites_1.csv
Description: site descriptions
| Column | Description | Type | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| site_id | Unique combinations of numbers and letters which make up
the abbreviation for the sites used in this study. |
string | |
| site_number | These are numbers assigned to plots within the
sites. |
integer | |
| zone | These are the zones within the sites where samples are
taken. |
integer | |
| site_description | These are descriptions of basic landuse at each
site. |
string | |
| site_address | These are street addresses for each
site. |
string | |
| site_latitude | These are the latitudes for each
site. |
float | degree |
| site_longitude | These are the longitudes for each
site, |
float | degree |
| site_notes | These are extra notes concerning the
sites. |
longtext |
Tabular: 155_taxon_list_1.csv
Description: lookup table for species codes and taxonomic
information
| Column | Description | Type | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| taxon_id | These are abbreviations for each
taxa. |
string | |
| family | This is the family each taxon belongs
to. |
string | |
| scientific_name | This is the full scientific name of each
taxon. |
string | |
| az_itis | This is an internal code. |
integer | |
| veg_common_name | This is the common name for each
taxon. |
string | |
| veg_habit | This is the type of plant each taxon
is. |
string | |
| spad_slope | This is the slope of the chlorophyll reading of each
taxon. |
float | |
| spad_intercept | This is the intercept of the chlorophyll reading of each
taxon. |
float |
Tabular: 155_trees_1.csv
Description: description of trees on sites
| Column | Description | Type | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| site_id | Unique combination of numbers and letters representing each
site used in this study. |
string | |
| tree_id | Identification number for each tree unique to that
site. |
tinyint unsigned | |
| taxon_id | Unique abbreviations of taxa. |
string | |
| sample_date | Date the sample was taken. |
datetime | Format: MM/DD/YYYY |
| DBH | The measured diameter at breast
height |
double unsigned | centimeter |
| sampling_event_id | Unique numbers assigned to each sampling
event. |
int unsigned |
Tabular: 155_wounds_1.csv
Description: wounds on trees at each site
| Column | Description | Type | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| open_callused | Whether the wound is open or callused
over. |
string | |
| location | Location of the wounds on the sample. |
string | |
| percent | Percent of the sample that had been
wounded. |
int unsigned | dimensionless |
| pruning_wound | Types of prunning wounds found. |
string | |
| sampling_event_id | Unique numbers identifying the sampling
event. |
int unsigned | |
| sample_id | Unique numbers which identify the
sample. |
int unsigned |