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California has a palm tree problem
California has just one native palm, the California fan ... the focus is less on selling an aesthetic ideal and more on the practicality of selecting trees that will provide shade for tourists ...
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Column: Slow the spread of fire? ‘We have to get rid of the palm trees’
Structures, rather than vegetation, served as the primary fuel for spreading flames, but fire-resistant landscaping helps. It ...
Palm weevils’ latest victims: century-old date palm trees in front of La Valencia Hotel
Two trees are removed after they were infested with a form of beetle that has been killing palms in La Jolla and throughout ...
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Revealed: The Iconic Feature L.A. Faces Having to Axe to Protect Against Future Killer Wildfires
One estimate said at their height, as many as 75,000 palm trees reached the California sky ... “I am sympathetic to the aesthetic history of LA, and I’m not of the mind that we should ...