01Bay edge / established canopy
Historic Old Northeast
A field lens for mature street trees, compact rights-of-way and the changing salt-and-wind exposure between the bayfront and inland blocks.
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St. Pete / block by block
A neighborhood is a canopy system.
These field notes zoom in from citywide canopy to the street, yard and planting strip. Each page asks what is growing now, where shade breaks, and which tree and plant layers might fit the actual site.
The illustrated map is for orientation, not property boundaries. Use the City's GIS layer for official neighborhood geography.
Neighborhood field notes
Six neighborhoods. Six different site conversations.
This is a growing series. Each note is a field lens, not a claim that every block or yard shares the same conditions.
02Compact lots / heat gaps
Historic Uptown
A close-up look at shade gaps, small-lot tree choices and the pressure created by pavement, parking, alleys and overhead utilities.
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03Lake edge / wet-to-dry gradient
Crescent Lake
A neighborhood field note about the transition from open water and park canopy to residential blocks, with moisture and public-space context kept visible.
Open field note04Grid streets / canopy succession
Historic Kenwood
A field note for mature shade, alley and utility constraints, and the next generation of trees across a compact historic street grid.
Open field note05Creek corridor / grade change
Roser Park
A field lens for shifts in elevation, drainage and canopy scale between creek-adjacent spaces, sloping streets and compact lots.
Open field note06Coastal exposure / salt and wind
Shore Acres
A field note for exposed residential sites where wind, salt, drainage, clearance and post-storm recovery shape planting decisions.
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Walk. Notice. Then shortlist.
- 01Walk one shaded block and one open block.
Compare canopy overlap, pavement heat, wires, soil openings and evidence of standing water.
- 02Read the exact planting site.
A neighborhood pattern is context. The yard's light, drainage, salt, root room and clearance still decide the fit.
- 03Build a three-plant shortlist.
Compare mature size and site tolerance, then verify current City rules and authoritative plant profiles.
Source standard
The map starts with public evidence.
Neighborhood names and geography are anchored to the City's GIS layer. The canopy baseline comes from the City's 2022 technical report. Species ideas are deliberately framed as candidates to investigate through UF/IFAS and the Florida Native Plant Society—not as prescriptions for every property.