Description: <span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:small;">This forest patch layer was created using a 2017 high-resolution urban tree canopy map of New York City derived from LiDAR and NAIP imagery (</span><a href="https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Environment/Tree-Canopy-Change-2010-2017-/by9k-vhck" target="_blank">https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Environment/Tree-Canopy-Change-2010-2017-/by9k-vhck</a><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:small;">). </span><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:small;">Patches always include core areas and their surrounding edges, as well as any perforations. Patches are separated into two size classes: Forested Natural Areas are patches with greater core area and thickness than Groves.</span><div style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size:small;">Patches are classified by land ownership categories using local parcel data available from New York City (<a href="https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Primary-Land-Use-Tax-Lot-Output-PLUTO-/64uk-42ks/data" target="_blank">https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Primary-Land-Use-Tax-Lot-Output-PLUTO-/64uk-42ks/data</a>). Ownership categories include: Federal, State, Municipal, Commercial/Industrial, Institutional, and Private Residential owners. Parcels with unknown ownership were assigned Municipal ownership.</div>
Copyright Text: Vogt P, Riitters K H, Estreguil C, Kozak J, Wade T G and Wickham J D 2007 Mapping spatial patterns with morphological image processing Landsc. Ecol. 22 171–7.