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fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Los Angeles without palm trees? An aesthetic, economic and climate debate grips California

Los Angeles has abundant trees but underinvests in them; palms offer little shade, are costly and nonnative, prompting a shift toward planting large, shade-providing trees.
California
fromThe Mercury News
6 months ago

We call them palm trees but they really are something else

Palms are not true trees; they belong to the Arecaceae family and have unique structural characteristics.
California has one native palm species, Washingtonia filifera, with many imported varieties populating the region.
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