Database Tree Planting

German researchers have compiled a 400-species database to encourage people to plant the “right tree in the right place” in urban areas.

15:47 16 November 2016

A team of German researchers has created a database to provide information on planting the right tree in the right place particularly in urban areas. 

 

The details have been published in the Landscape and Urban Planning journal. Co-author Juliane Vogt from the Institute of Forest Growth and Forest Computer Science at Techische Universitat Dresden, Germany, said: "We wanted to place the focus on city and urban locations when choosing trees, but not on the aesthetic aspects,"

 

"City planner tend to like 10 to 15 species of tree, and they like to plant them again and again - that's not really biodiversity," Dr Vogt observed.

 

"This is why we put in 390 trees and shrubs into the database so there was a huge range of different species and varieties.

 

She added that she hoped that professionals, such as city planners and landscape architects, would use the database, adding "but we also think it will be of interest for homeowners if they have a garden and want to find out what sort of tree would be suitable".