The trees of Yelahanka

BBMP catalogued every tree in the Yelahanka zone of north Bengaluru — species, ward, location. Each dot below is one tree, laid over the streets, railways and water of the same patch of city. Colour marks the species the census names most often; everything rarer fades to a faint grey.

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1 Every BBMP-recorded tree in the Yelahanka zone, placed on its surveyed lat/lon, over an OpenStreetMap basemap of roads, rails and water. Hover any dot to see the species the surveyor wrote down.

The trees themselves

Quick portraits of the nine species the survey names most often (everything else is rolled into “Others”). Counts are from the BBMP census; the cultural notes are Bengaluru-flavoured rather than strictly botanical.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons. Each card pairs a whole-tree silhouette with a close-up of a distinctive feature — the kind of detail that helps you pick the species out on a walk.

Source: BBMP Yelahanka zone tree census, via OpenCity. Basemap data © OpenStreetMap contributors.