Agricultura no. 3 –4 (111-112)/2019 Agriculture - 418 - TREE INVENTORY IN THE HISTORICAL GARDEN OF TELEKI CASTLE USING THE TREE PLOTTER SOFTWARE MORAR Teodora 1) , Emil LUCA 1) , Alina MORNEA PETRACHE 1) , Diana CULESCU 2) * 1) University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2) RPR-Birou de studii contemporane, Bucharest, Romania; * Corresponding author: dianaculescu@gmail.com Abstract: In order to create strategies for landscape protection, management and planning accurate data is needed. To develop the tree inventory for the historical garden of the Teleki Castle in Gornești, and establish a baseline for future monitoring, field data from around 618 trees was collected during the summer of 2019 and processed and analyzed using the Tree Plotter software. The information provided by the tree inventory can be used by the local administrator for better decision making regarding green space planning and management. This data also provides a basis for monitoring changes occured in the garden over time. Keywords: tree inventory,historical garden, green space, green registry, treeplotter INTRODUCTION Several studies have shown the potential of trees and green spaces in providing important ecosystem services such as air and water purification, wind and noise filtering or microclimate stabilization. Moreover, green spaces provide social and psychological services (Sreetheran et al. 2011; Chiesura 2004). The ratification of the European Landscape Convention in Romania implies the generation or adoption of appropriate tools for analyzing landscapes and their elements, which will be the basis for establishing policies for landscape protection, management and planning (Culescu, 2015). The Romanian Law 24/2007 regarding the regulation and administration of green spaces stipulates that the authorities of the local public administration have the obligation to keep the records of the green spaces on the territory of the administrative units, by setting up the local green registries, which they have to update whenever changes occur. However, the Romanian local administrations fail to provide accurate data on the managed green areas. Cities around the world are investing now in tools to help them better manage urban green space. An example is the New York City Street Tree Map which is the world’s most accurate and detailed map of a city’s street trees. An analysis of the urban forest in New York reveals that this city has an estimated 7.0 million trees with tree canopy that covers 21 % of the city (Nowak et al. 2018). The New York City Street Tree Map shows the distribution and biodiversity of the city's street trees based on the most recent tree inventory. Moreover, the map