Kelowna's Urban Forest: - City of Kelowna

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Fig. 3. Per-Tree Net Carbon Sequestration (kg per year) for Kelowna’s trees, by diameter class (DBH, in centimetres). 12 10 Net Carbon Sequestered (kg/yr) 8 6 4 2 0 0 - 8 8 - 15 15 - 23 23 - 30 30 - 38 38 - 46 46 - 53 53 - 61 DBH Class Fig. 4. The size of Kelowna’s trees, shown as a percentage of trees by diameter class (DBH, in centimetres). 40 35 30 % of Tree Population 25 20 15 10 5 0 2 - 8 8 - 15 15 - 23 23 - 30 30 - 38 38 - 46 46 - 53 53 - 61 DBH Class Kelowna’s Urban Forest: UFORE Analysis 13
The health of Kelowna’s trees is currently very good, with 92% of the tree population rated as “Fair” or better (Fig. 5). Fig. 5. Tree health (condition class). 70 60 50 % of Tree Population 40 30 20 10 0 Excellent Good Fair Poor Dead Condition Class 3.2 Vegetation Cover and Plantable Space Because of the limited number of samples, several of the landuse types from the Kelowna Official Community Plan (OCP) were combined for the comparisons shown in Table 3. Table 3. Percentage cover comparisons by landuse type. Plantable Space Percentage covered by: Impervious (concrete, asphalt buildings) Herbs Grass Water Shrubs Other Trees Landuse Type Agriculture / Rural 17.6% 0.1% 33.8% 42.7% 0% 7.6% 0.8% 15% Commercial / Industrial / Transportation 12.3% 47.7% 5% 6.5% 0% 5% 2.7% 3.1% Park / Wetland / Private Recreation / Golf 27.4% 5.9% 7.4% 66.5% 2.6% 6.5% 1.2% 8.2% Residential 35% 28.9% 5.2% 36% 0.8% 10.4% 1.5% 10.5% Vacant / Wildland 55% 1.3% 17.3% 43.7% 0% 18.1% 0.8% 23.4% CITY TOTAL 27.3% 12% 18.3% 42.3% 0.6% 9.1% 1.2% 13% Kelowna’s Urban Forest: UFORE Analysis 14
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Page 3 and 4: Executive Summary A growing body of
Page 5 and 6: 1.0 Introduction The Urban Forest E
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