For week 8 we completed blocks 1010, 1011, and 1016. This puts us ahead of schedule as block 1016 was supposed to be covered next week however we decided that because it was such a small block which only contained 3 trees. We wanted to cover it this week to get as much done as we could. Meeting up for these arranged times has proven to be difficult but if we can keep covering two blocks per week we should be meeting satisfactory progress. In total we counted 110 trees with 24 of those being White Ash trees.
The chart above shows that these residential neighborhoods display more diverse public tree species than previous blocks as the White Ash tree this week only constituted for about 25.3% of the trees we recorded. The Pin Oak and the Kwanzan Cherry tree made up a great deal of the public trees we found in this area. The Norway Maple which only made up 3.2% of the trees in this region is a invasive species which is a minor problem that the town of South Orange should consider handling.
On a whole however, the White Ash tree still makes up a good majority of the public trees in South Orange that we have documented so far. Along with the Green Ash tree this makes Ash trees account for almost 40% of all the public trees we have registered. The Kwanzan Cherry being in second place indicates that it's aesthetic is quite popular in South Orange as it is a tree that blooms pink leaves. Hopefully TreePlotter can become a useful tool to the town of South Orange as it deals with how to handle the Ash tree problem it faces.