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Birmingham i-Tree Report

Appendix III. Tree values by species

Species Common Name Estimated number of trees Carbon stored Net Seq Avoided runoff Replacement cost
Betula pendula Silver Birch 125,165 26,877 1,678 32,872 £50,715,226
Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore 101,604 43,691 1,442 52,147 £75,924,339
Ilex aquifolium Holly 94,242 11,975 236 11,166 £9,867,741
Quercus robur English Oak 91,297 52,572 1,508 53,256 £107,338,094
Fraxinus excelsior Common Ash 83,934 34,364 1,017 40,045 £54,494,705
Tilia x europaea Common Lime 51,538 13,347 512 24,704 £44,046,325
Prunus avium Wild Cherry 45,648 8,429 408 9,828 £9,409,980
Fagus sylvatica Common Beech 33,868 44,314 323 25,404 £66,841,954
Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn 33,868 8,403 149 5,406 £11,406,107
Acer campestre Field Maple 32,396 5,866 172 12,863 £9,258,846
Sorbus aucuparia Rowan 29,451 8,272 349 5,018 £11,610,812
x Hesperotropsis leylandii Leyland Cypress 29,451 10,222 708 7,798 £9,292,018
Acer platanoides Norway Maple 22,088 13,316 371 15,923 £25,746,936
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Lawson Cypress 20,615 13,807 385 17,569 £46,033,076
Salix caprea Goat Willow 14,725 5,020 81 5,899 £18,424,985
Thuja plicata Western Red Cedar 14,725 2,434 37 5,965 £16,657,352
Platanus x hybrida London Plane 13,253 19,225 253 15,911 £71,991,197
Tilia cordata Small Leaved Lime 13,253 7,920 196 16,347 £21,420,133
Sorbus aria Whitebeam 13,253 5,646 71 3,570 £15,290,513
Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine 13,253 3,221 124 2,531 £6,226,266
Pinus Pine 13,253 170 21 682 £432,973
Salix alba White Willow 11,780 1,514 130 4,400 £9,691,007
Alnus cordata Italian Alder 11,780 1,856 70 4,629 £5,871,179
Populus tremula Aspen 11,780 356 44 846 £550,071
Tilia platyphyllos Large Leaved Lime 10,308 8,691 325 15,463 £38,026,498
Taxus baccata Common Yew 10,308 3,660 56 9,146 £10,142,125
Quercus rubra Red Oak 10,308 3,848 158 4,009 £8,089,582
Betula pubescens Downy Birch 8,835 2,091 114 3,423 £4,274,126
Cedrus deodara Deodar Cedar 8,835 1,259 93 2,412 £2,316,953
Quercus petraea Sessile Oak 8,835 812 20 1,649 £1,934,520
Carpinus betulus Common Hornbeam 7,363 7,251 20 13,736 £17,328,717
Populus nigra Black Poplar 7,363 12,601 294 7,934 £11,751,494
Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut 7,363 5,388 213 7,061 £8,345,015
Malus sylvestris Crab Apple 7,363 1,244 76 1,070 £2,967,795
Prunus laurocerasus Cherry Laurel 7,363 657 76 1,155 £649,525
Sambucus nigra Elder 5,890 1,329 19 749 £6,716,260
Cupressus sempervirens Italian Cypress 5,890 3,267 43 8,940 £5,464,830
Chamaecyparis pisifera Sawara Cypress 5,890 1,172 34 1,296 £3,073,191
Pyrus calleryana Callery Pear 5,890 613 58 376 £1,330,525
Prunus padus Bird Cherry 4,418 1,230 16 1,299 £1,921,189
Prunus cerasifera Cherry Plum 4,418 1,601 46 1,199 £1,822,208
Malus domestica Apple 4,418 531 40 345 £1,716,891
Picea abies Norway Spruce 4,418 405 25 656 £1,135,550
Acer saccharinum Silver Maple 4,418 476 36 1,326 £893,772
Corylus avellana Hazel 4,418 278 17 676 £600,310
Castanea sativa Sweet Chestnut 4,418 206 13 277 £198,999
Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Tree 2,945 2,316 120 4,359 £6,775,082
Sorbus intermedia Swedish Whitebeam 2,945 1,135 42 1,031 £2,924,401
Cupressus macrocarpa Monterey Cypress 2,945 1,193 5 384 £2,575,844
Pyrus communis Common Pear 2,945 784 23 525 £1,652,308
Ulmus procera English Elm 2,945 2,273 69 1,434 £1,597,022
Prunus domestica Plum 2,945 1,045 23 270 £1,407,982
Alnus glutinosa Common Alder 2,945 202 19 735 £595,685
Salix fragilis Crack Willow 1,473 1,571 53 2,989 £1,874,303
Acer saccharum Sugar Maple 1,473 830 31 1,388 £1,611,600
Syringa vulgaris Lilac 1,473 722 21 26 £1,581,370
Laburnum anagyroides Common Laburnum 1,473 971 25 123 £1,287,477
Abies procera Noble Fir 1,473 282 22 623 £1,186,580
Populus alba White Poplar 1,473 1,856 94 1,544 £840,450
Pinus nigra Austrian Pine 1,473 248 5 40 £794,282
Fraxinus angustifolia Narrow-Leaved Ash 1,473 494 30 2,136 £507,436
Ulmus glabra Wych Elm 1,473 399 24 1,012 £304,089
Magnolia Magnolia 1,473 125 17 262 £220,824
Sequoiadendron giganteum Giant Redwood 1,473 177 15 90 £175,813
Malus Apple 1,473 89 14 71 £158,911
Salix babylonica Weeping Willow 1,473 44 8 536 £144,434
Juglans regia Common Walnut 1,473 116 19 135 £144,101
Platanus occidentalis Western Plane 1,473 29 6 528 £127,339
Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir 1,473 16 1 83 £123,214
Ligustrum obtusifolium Amur Privet 1,473 105 12 119 £122,442
Betula papyrifera Paper Birch 1,473 90 20 501 £120,632
Corylus colurna Turkish Hazel 1,473 57 10 141 £112,472
Robinia pseudoacacia False Acacia 1,473 111 12 326 £109,192
Salix cinerea Grey Willow 1,473 25 8 44 £89,665
Populus x canadensis Canadian Poplar 1,473 48 5 110 £34,441
Eriobotrya japonica Loquat 1,473 4 1 6 £29,817