Earthwatch Institute's Urban Tree Project: Cambridge, MA

The Earthwatch Urban Forest Program aims to increase awareness of the value of urban forests by engaging people in the collection of scientific data that will contribute to local authority environmental management plans and scientific research.

Data to be collected ...more ↓

Norway Maple 1
Acer platanoides
Winterlinde 2
Tilia cordata
Red Maple 3
Acer rubrum
honey locust 4
Gleditsia triacanthos
Common Pear 5
Pyrus communis
Pin Oak 6
Quercus palustris
Basswood 5
Tilia americana
American Sycamore 7
Platanus occidentalis
Northern Red Oak 8
Quercus rubra
Green Ash 9
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
American Elm 10
Ulmus americana
American Sweetgum 11
Liquidambar styraciflua
Field maple
Acer campestre
Sugar Maple 2
Acer saccharum
White Ash 12
Fraxinus americana
Japanese tree lilac 13
Syringa reticulata
Black Locust 14
Robinia pseudoacacia
chinese elm 2
Ulmus parvifolia
siberian elm 9
Ulmus pumila
Silver Maple 11
Acer saccharinum
Swamp White Oak 2
Quercus bicolor
swamp chestnut oak 16
Quercus michauxii
tuliptree 17
Liriodendron
Flowering Dogwood 18
Cornus florida
goldenrain tree 19
Koelreuteria paniculata

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