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Species Information Management in the Admin Center is where you can go to add, edit, or remove species values from
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TreeKeeper’s species list.
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Adding a Species
To add a new species, click the 
button located below the species list. You will then be presented with a form where you have some fields to fill out.
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Botanical / Common Names
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This is the information that identifies the species. The values do not
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necessarily need to
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represent a tree
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. They can be a shrub
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or even a nonliving object
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URL
This field is optional, but filling it out will provide a link in the site information window to the URL provided here for all sites with that species value.
Is A Tree?
This field is important for tree benefits to understand if it should attempt to calculate benefits for the value.
Is A Palm?
Tree Benefits calculate a bit differently for palm trees, so it’s important to note if it is or not.
Rating
Presently does nothing. >> Tree Valuations
TreeBenefits.com Species Assignment
This is important, as it is the value that the tree will be calculated as by iTree.
Show Gold Medal?
This option will allow the species to be seen in the Gold Medal layer if any sites with it have outstanding benefits.
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such as a vacant planting site, park bench, or another asset. Either way, these are all required fields. See the image above for an example of adding a red maple to your list.
Tree Type
This designates what type of species you are adding. You will choose one of the following: Tree, Palm, Shrub, Other, Stump, Vacant, Obsolete. While most of these values are self-explanatory, “Other” would represent a non-tree value such as if you added “Park Bench”, while “Obsolete” should be chosen for retired vacant sites in which you’d like to retain historical information, but do not want to plant a tree in the future.
TreeKeeper’s default style for your data layer uses tree type to determine the color of the sites.
i-Tree Eco Species
If Tree, Palm, or Shrub are chosen for Tree Type, this field will appear. The species chosen here determines what species is used in the i-Tree Eco Benefits calculation for any site assigned this species.
ISA Guide Plant Appraisal 10th Edition Values
If Tree, Palm, or Shrub are chosen for Tree Type, these optional fields will appear. Values entered here are used to calculate estimated tree valuations. More information on valuations and the associated fields can be found here: Tree Valuations.
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Editing a Species
To edit a species, click the Edit button 
in the Actions column.
Deleting a Species
To delete a species
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, click the 
button in the
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Actions column next to the species you want to delete. If the species is currently in use, you will be prompted to pick a different species to reassign those sites to.
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Exporting Species
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To edit a species just select the Edit button next to the “x” in the actions column. You will see a page similar to the page shown when adding a species so refer to the steps above for help.
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List
The Species list and counts can be exported using the Menu icon in the upper-right of the data table.