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 2018 high-resolution urban tree canopy map of Philadelphia, PA derived from LiDAR and NAIP imagery (https://phillytrees.azavea.com/). </span><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:small;">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 Philadelphia's OpenData repository (https://www.opendataphilly.org/). 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.