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Recently,
CTPA Members were asked to indicate the 10 species which they consider to be the most important in Connecticut. The
following is the list of species they chose, followed by the percentage
of the number of ballots in which that particular type of tree was
listed. |
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Sugar Maple (71%) 2. Eastern Hemlock (69%) 3. White Oak (56%) 4. Flowering Dogwood (54%) 5. Red Oak (54%) 6. White Ash (54%) 7. White Birch (51%) 8. Eastern White Pine (44%) |
9. Apple / Crabapple (39%) 10. American Elm (34%) 11. Red Maple (32%) 12. American Sycamore (27%) 13. American Beech (25%) 14. Norway Maple (22%) 15. Shagbark Hickory (22%) |
When returning their dues form, members were asked to indicate the 10 tree
species upon which they work that they considered to be most important in
Connecticut. One hundred and
nineteen of the dues forms that were returned listed trees. In many cases, the listing was more general than species
for instance, maple and hemlock were listed on many of the forms
returned. This required some
interpretation in the compiling of the results.
Also, in tallying the votes, stopping at 10 trees seemed somewhat
arbitrary a list of 15 trees seemed to catch the results more effectively.
Finally, it is recognized that, even in this list, not all listing are
true species. White birch is
most problematic in this regards as trees as different as American paper
birch, grey birch, European white birch and Himalayan white birch might all be
considered as white birch. Nonetheless,
this list is presented for what interest and assistance it might provide.
|
Species |
Number
of Votes |
Percentage
of votes
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Sugar
Maple |
84 |
71% |
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Hemlock |
82 |
69% |
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White
Oak |
67 |
56% |
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Dogwood |
64 |
54% |
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Red
Oak |
64 |
54% |
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Ash |
64 |
54% |
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White
Birch |
61 |
51% |
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White
Pine |
52 |
44% |
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Apple |
47 |
39% |
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American
Elm |
40 |
34% |
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Red
Maple |
38 |
32% |
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Oak |
33 |
28% |
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Sycamore |
32 |
27% |
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Beech |
30 |
25% |
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Maple |
28 |
24% |
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Norway
Maple |
26 |
22% |
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Shagbark
Hickory |
26 |
22% |
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Pin
Oak |
25 |
21% |
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Spruce |
25 |
21% |
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Cherry |
24 |
20% |
|
Pine |
23 |
19% |
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Norway
Spruce |
14 |
12% |
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Cedar |
14 |
12% |
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Tulip
Tree |
14 |
12% |
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Silver
Maple |
11 |
9% |
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Black
Birch |
10 |
8% |
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American
Beech |
10 |
8% |
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Black
Oak |
9 |
8% |
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Locust |
9 |
8% |
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Japanese
Maple |
8 |
7% |
| Firs |
8 |
7% |
| European Beech |
6 |
5% |
| Willow |
6 |
5% |
| Linden |
6 |
5% |
| Kousa Dogwood |
5 |
4% |
| Arbor Vitae |
5 |
4% |
| Black Gum |
5 |
4% |
| Black Walnut |
5 |
4% |
| Blue Spruce |
4 |
3% |
| Sweet Gum |
3 |
3% |
| Pear |
3 |
3% |
| Chestnut |
3 |
3% |
| Poplar |
3 |
3% |
| Gingko |
2 |
2% |
| Carpinus |
2 |
2% |
| Amelanchier |
2 |
2% |
| Butternut |
2 |
2% |
| Buckeyes |
2 |
2% |
| Hawthorn |
2 |
2% |
| Basswood |
1 |
1% |
| Spice |
1 |
1% |
| Zelk |
1 |
1% |
| Magnolia |
1 |
1% |
| Larch |
1 |
1% |
| Mounta |
1 |
1% |
| Y |
1 |
1% |
| Mulberry |
1 |
1% |
| Redbud |
1 |
1% |
| Cypress |
1 |
1% |
| Holly |
1 |
1% |
| Total |
119 |
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