Table 1 Basic urban and tree information of the ten districts in Taiyuana.

From: Species diversity and spatial pattern of heritage trees in Taiyuan

District

Abbreviation

Development gradient

Area (km2)

Urbanization rate (%)

Population densityb (persons/km2)

Vegetation cover (%)

Altitude (m)

Main topography

Gujiao

GJ

Rural

1512

76.14

140

42.40

1000−3000

Hills

Jiancaoping

JCP

Suburban

286

94.51

1881

27.01

780−1865

Plains, hills, mountains

Jinyuan

JY

Suburban

289

85.09

1135

28.54

760−1866

Plains, mountains

Loufan

LF

Rural

1289

51.18

69

23.00

1030−2789

Mountains

Qingxu

QX

Rural

609

43.30

572

16.20

800−1841

Mountains, plains

Wanbailin

WBL

Core-Suburban

305

100.00

3205

38.19

776−1553

Plains, hills, mountains

Xiaodian

XD

Core

295

93.60

4842

7.19

763−780

Plains, hills

Xinghualing

XHL

Core

170

93.88

4655

37.97

800−1670

Hills

Yangqu

YQ

Rural

2071

54.02

62

34.51

800−2102

Hills, mountains

Yingze

YZ

Core

117

98.13

5089

28.67

800−591

Plains, hills, mountains

Average

  

694

78.99

2165

28.37

  
  1. aThe information was mainly acquired from the official website of Taiyuan (https://stats.taiyuan.gov.cn/ ) and Red & Black Population Database (https://www.hongheiku.com/).
  2. bThe population density was based on 2022 data.