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Agenda Package - City of Vernon

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The health <strong>of</strong> Kelowna's trees is currently very good, with 92o/o <strong>of</strong> the tree<br />

population rated as "Fai/'or better (Fig. 5).<br />

Fig. 5. Tree health (condition class).<br />

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3,2 Vegetation Cover and Plantable Space<br />

Because <strong>of</strong> the limited number <strong>of</strong> samples, several <strong>of</strong> the landuse types from the<br />

Kelowna OffTcial Gommunity Plan (OCP) were combined forthe comparisons<br />

shown in Table 3.<br />

Table 3. Percentage cover comparisons by landuse type.<br />

Percentaqe' côvèred. byti,, : :,tì:'.-.:: .<br />

Landuse,Túpe xèius Grass Water Shrubs Treés<br />

Agriculture /<br />

Rural O.1o/o o% 15%<br />

5o/o 6.5% 2.7% 3.1%<br />

7.4% 8.2%<br />

Residential 10.4% 1.5o/o<br />

1.34/o Oolo 18.1o/o<br />

CITY TOTAL 27.3o/o 12yo 18.3o/o 42.3% 0.6% 9.1% 1,2% 13%<br />

Kelowna's Urban Forest: UFORE Analysis 74

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