Knowledge of native trees

As you can imagine, people have differing levels of interest and knowledge in all things, and the urban forest is no exception. The urban forest is a social construct that is an artifact created by the people who live there and the landscape management decisions they make. Maybe they choose to not weed their garden and trees grow in the fencerow, as is the case with my parents next door neighbours. Or maybe you are very keen and have planted an all native garden, complete with rare native trees. Importantly, Canadian municipalities expect that homeowners manage the trees on their property - so when they create plans to manage the trees in urban areas, they 'de facto' make residents managing partners working towards the urban forest goals set out in the municipal policy documents.

If you are interested in this topic, look me up on academic journals in the library and you will find a few peer-reviewed studies I have published over the past while. One interesting survey I recently conducted was on my third year environmental science class ( a demographic that one might expect would be more knowledgeable than the average citizen about environmental matters - which I include trees as)......Take a look at a few of the results: For the record, Cucumber Magnolia, Tuliptree, and Kentucky Coffeetree are ALL native to southern Ontario