# The canopy

Every street and park tree the council counts, 131,940 standing, 2,874 marked veteran, 4,538 protected. And the other half of the story: 50,861 records for the trees it felled.

## The record

- 131,940 living, 50,861 gone
- Kowhai: 5,849
- Yoshino Cherry: 4,733
- Manna Ash: 4,403
- Pin Oak: 4,334
- Ribbonwood: 4,199
- Silver Birch: 4,061
- Cabbage tree: 3,241
- English Oak: 3,062
- Totara: 2,655
- Ash: 2,459
- Red maple: 2,399
- Sweet Gum: 2,315

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Christchurch City Council open data, the Tree service’s street and park tree inventory. A record is the file’s word on what stands or stood; a removed record marks where the file says a tree came down. A point’s own neighbours: https://www.chch.live/before. The files: https://www.chch.live/trees.json · https://www.chch.live/trees.geojson · the canopy by suburb: https://www.chch.live/suburb-trees.json