Central Park

===Flora===
{{As of|2011||alt=According to a 2011 survey}}, Central Park had more than 20,000 trees,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/nyregion/2-enthusiasts-compose-map-of-central-park-trees.html |title=2 Enthusiasts Compose Map of Central Park Trees|last=Robbins|first=Liz|date=May 30, 2011|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 16, 2019|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416161929/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/nyregion/2-enthusiasts-compose-map-of-central-park-trees.html|archive-date=April 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/07/07/137340619/mapping-almost-every-tree-in-central-park|title=Mapping (Almost) Every Tree In Central Park|date=July 7, 2011|publisher=[[NPR]]|access-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416161933/https://www.npr.org/2011/07/07/137340619/mapping-almost-every-tree-in-central-park|archive-date=April 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Conservancy Trees2">{{cite web |url=http://www.centralparknyc.org/tree-guide/|title=Tree Guide|publisher=Central Park Conservancy|access-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416145303/http://www.centralparknyc.org/tree-guide/|archive-date=April 16, 2019}}</ref> representing a decrease from the 26,000 trees that were recorded in the park in 1993.<ref name="Pollak 2013">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/nyregion/answers-to-questions-about-new-york.html |title=Answers to Questions About New York|last=Pollak|first=Michael |date=January 11, 2013|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 16, 2019 |issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416161932/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/nyregion/answers-to-questions-about-new-york.html|archive-date=April 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The majority of them are native to New York City, but there are several clusters of non-native species.{{sfn|Barnard|2002|pp=32–35}} With few exceptions, the trees in Central Park were mostly planted or placed manually. Over four million trees, shrubs, and plants representing approximately 1,500 species were planted or imported to the park.{{sfn|Rosenzweig|Blackmar|1992|p=150}} In Central Park's earliest years, two [[Plant nursery|plant nurseries]] were maintained within the park boundaries: a demolished nursery near the Arsenal, and the still-extant Conservatory Garden.{{sfn|Kinkead|1990|pp=55–56}} Central Park Conservancy later took over regular maintenance of the park's flora, allocating gardeners to one of 49&nbsp;"zones" for maintenance purposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centralparknyc.org/about/blog/zone-management.html |title=Zone Management in Central Park |date=December 26, 2016 |publisher=Central Park Conservancy |access-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416161935/http://www.centralparknyc.org/about/blog/zone-management.html |archive-date=April 16, 2019}}</ref>

Central Park contains ten "great tree" clusters that are specially recognized by NYC Parks. These include four individual [[Ulmus americana|American elms]] and one American elm grove; the 600&nbsp;[[Pine|pine trees]] in the [[Arthur Ross Pinetum]]; a [[Nyssa sylvatica|black tupelo]] in the Ramble; 35&nbsp;[[Prunus × yedoensis|Yoshino cherries]] on the east side of the Onassis Reservoir; one of the park's oldest [[Platanus × acerifolia|London plane]] trees at 96th&nbsp;Street; and an [[Euodia (plant)|''Euodia'']] at Heckscher Playground.{{sfn|Barnard|2002|pp=32–35}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/facilities/great-trees|title=Central Park Great Trees|publisher=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|access-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321195910/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/facilities/great-trees|archive-date=March 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The American elms in Central Park are the largest remaining stands in the [[Northeastern United States]], protected by their isolation from the [[Dutch elm disease]] that devastated the tree throughout its native range.<ref name="Pollak 2013"/> There are several "tree walks" that run through Central Park.<ref name="Conservancy Trees2"/>