2. Outline
• Introduction to C/Cornelius Park
• Features of Captain Cornelius
Park
• Importance of urban forest parks
• Inventory Methods & Material
• Results
• Conclusions
• Recommendations
3.
4. Features of Captain Cornelius Park
• Captain Cornelius Park
is:
– part sports park and
– part natural park
Soccer field
Forest Area
Swing &Spring
toysSt. Jerome
Separate School
5. Why urban forest parks?
• Parks offers opportunity
to enjoy a wide variety of
leisure and sporting
activities in safe and well
maintained environment
• Forests reduce noise,
improve air quality
• Create homes for wildlife
• Improve psychological
health,
• help purify air we breathe
7. Material and Methods
• Two circular plots (0.01 ha size each) were
randomly located on the forest to represent
the different stratum
• Vegetation data were then collected using
– Telerelascope to estimate basal area per hectare
– Diameter tape to measure breast height diameter
(DBH) Suunto clinometer to measure top height
– Tape meter to measure horizontal distance
– GPS for traversing forest area
• The data collected is useful to:
– To provide a basis for evaluating present conditions
– To provide a basis for future resource planning
8. • Stratified Random sampling design was
used for collecting data like:
– Diameter at breast height (DBH)
– Top height
– basal area/ha
– species composition and
– population structure of woody species
• forest values such as:
– wildlife habitat and
Data Collection
17. Species composition
Common name Scientific Names %
White Ash Fraxinus americana 15%
Shagbark Hickery Carya Ovata 15%
Red Oak Quercus rubra 15%
White Oak Quercus alba 15%
Black Walnut Juglans nigra L 10%
Pin Cherry Prunus pensylvanica 15%
Black cherry Prunus serotina 15%
18. Recreational opportunities
• Has recreational
trails
–This encourage
–hikers, cyclists,
walkers, picnicing
• The park offers
many opportunities
for nature lovers to
get outdoors &
explore the nature
19.
20. Conclusions
• Urban Forests provide cities and communities
with environmental, economic and social
benefits;
• Forests influence air quality by providing shade,
transpiring moisture and reducing wind speed.;
• Create and enhance animal and plant habitats
• The forest at Captain Cornelius park was
inventoried to get up-to-date information about
the size, distribution, species composition and
condition of our forests
• Birds, rabbits and squirrel can be seen jumping
21. Cont. Conclusions
• A total of 10 plant species belonging to 4
families, in which family Oleaceae was
represented by 1 species, followed by Fagaceae
(3), Juglandaceae (4) and Rosaceae (2).
• The composition & population structure of
woody species, with DBH 2-4 cm & height 1-2 m
and their regeneration was 59%, species with
DBH >4cm & height >2m & <7m was 34%, and
the proportion of big trees (>7m) was 7%.
• The Basal area of the study area was 20m2 ha1.
22. Recommendations
• There is wide unutilized open space in the park
and other sports like:
• Basket ball courts, Ground tennis courts, disc
golf, volleyball courts, scenic lookouts,
playground equipment as well as washroom
facilities could be added to attract more people
• Work should done to make the park wheelchair
accessible
