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By the numbers
A Trifling Place
10:06
am
Tue February 5, 2013
By The Numbers: Charlotte's Trees
Credit
Tasnim Shamma
A poem dedicated to trees by Joyce Kilmer at the Carillon building in uptown Charlotte.
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Tasnim Shamma
49
: Percent of tree canopy lost
between 1995 and 2008
One
: Public tree for every seven residents
$11.83
: Amount spent per person on its street trees
215
: Tree species in the city's inventory. Predominant tree species are willow oak and crapemyrtle
$166
: Total benefits of an average street tree
28:
Million cubic feet of stormwater intercepted annually
$2.1:
Million dollars in stormwater management savings
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