crown area

The area of the crown of an individual tree in plan view, ie. the area bounded by the drip line, sometimes called the crown projection area. See crown radius, crown diameter, canopy cover. In the Helliwell method, crown area refers to the area of the crown viewed from the side.

This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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