Urban plant diversity in Los Angeles, California: Species and functional type turnover in cultivated landscapes
Meghan L. Avolio, Diane E. Pataki, G. Darrel Jenerette, Stéphanie Pincetl, Lorraine Weller Clarke, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Thomas W. Gillespie, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Heather R. McCarthy, Tara L. E. Trammell
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Urban Farm DB summary
Several datasets on urban biodiversity in Los Angeles, California, were synthesized covering urban trees, residential yards, community gardens, nursery plant availability and resident attitudes toward plant attributes. Cultivated plant diversity was found to differ drastically from remnant natural areas, with more than double the number of plant species, a higher share of exotic ornamental species, and turnover in functional trait distributions; most sampled tree species were available for sale in local nurseries, and resident plant-trait preferences correlated with the composition of the plant community.