It looks like i-Tree Species is your best choice for selecting the most appropriate tree species for your setting, based on the environmental function, or purpose you see the trees serving, such as lowering the amount of air pollutants in the neighborhood or shading parked cars, as well as your specific geographic area.

By providing a relative rating for environmental benefits of each tree species at maturity, this program is designed to complement existing tree selection programs that rank species for esthetics and/or other features.

i-Tree Species contains index values for about 1,600 individual species. You will enter state and city information, from which the program determines the hardiness zone and eliminates all species not sufficiently hardy. The combination of hardiness and selected functionality produces a ranked list of appropriate species.

There are many resources available for you to use, as you explore the most useful method to use i-Tree Species in your setting. The resources found below will help you to learn more about i-Treee Species, and will provide you with tools that can help guide you as you use the software application.

USEFUL RESOURCES  FOR GETTING STARTED with i-Tree Species

WEB LINKS Official i-Tree Website PLANTS - National Plants Database Online Plants Database (UConn)		DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION Click Here to access i-Tree Species
DOCUMENTS i-Tree Species Manual i-Tree Species Technical Guide Recommended Urban Trees		VIDEO AND MEDIA Installing i-Tree on Your Computer (YouTube) Benefits of Urban Forests The Value of Trees
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS Using i-Tree to Tell the Value of Community Trees The Value of Your Urban Forest: i-Tree Tools		OTHER TOOLS i-Tree Species User's Forum Trees and Shrubs for Urban Areas Tree Species Hardiness Zone Maps