Submitted by lillabulleroni t3_11le2vq in nyc
Here's an interactive map of every street tree in New York. The data is from the 2015 New York Street Tree Census. https://observablehq.com/@bmschmidt/trees I hadn't realized how much variation in species there is, both block to block and borough to borough. (Most of the maples are in Queens, most of the ginkgos are in Manhattan.
A pointillist map of New York in many colors, highlighting an elm tree on 33rd street in Queens.
So these are the MFs that wreck me during the spring tree pollen season. Damn slutty trees spilling their pollen everywhere...
Anyway. Thank you allergy shots.
Sincere apologies, but please don't slut shame my reproduction method!
I appreciate the apology. I'm working to cope with your sex play by injecting your pollen into my arms via. an allergist on a weekly basis for the next 3 years.
How do you feel about that?! I'm a part of it now!
Why would you use that one and not the official tree map with more up to date data? https://tree-map.nycgovparks.org/
That map sadly only features trees on public land. On my property I have a fig, Pear and Crabapple tree, none of which are counted. The crabapple in particular is a favorite with local bees, and it's blossoms in spring are a magnificent sight. I feel bad that they're on private property and no one gets to see them. Anyway, thanks for the link....
It would be cool to feature more private property trees. There are some impressive specimens near me, and it would add a lot of species diversity.
Even without private property though, the official map has far more trees than the OP’s map. Even just looking at Brooklyn it’s 177,293 in the OP and 227,812 on the official map.
Agreed. I can't even speculate what the actual tally would be. My property in Queens has 3 alone. There are tens of thousands like it. I know quite a few locals who grow figs. We talk and share tips on tree care....
Looks to me like that map is a composite of the 2015-16 Street Tree Census and the 2016-18 Park Tree inventory with 800K points--this is just the 2015-16 census.
But also, there's a Forestry Tree Points that seems to have over 1m trees. Maybe this weekend I'll update to include all of those. https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Environment/Forestry-Tree-Points/hn5i-inap/data
Apparently the city planners didn’t want people to have free fruit so they only planted male trees, hence twice as much pollen as necessary.
Plus an all hose, no drain situation.
Visualization as to why midtown feels so sad.
Hot single trees in your area looking to dump their pollen on you!
"Can't beat em, join em" mentality. I love it. You becoming one with the trees through our seed sounds better than me becoming one with the dogs, thanks to all that stinky pee. Perspective.
tiregroove t1_jbcmzpb wrote
Thanks for this. I finally found out what kind of trees I'd never seen before and had no idea for 15 years. Small tree with huge leaves, it was a Catalpa.