The City of San Marcos removed three dying trees in City Park this week. Officials say urban trees are struggling with year after year of drought.
The hot, dry summer this year was stressful — not just for us Texans, but also for the flora and fauna around us.
“Urban environments are really tough on trees,” Eby said. The soil quality is less healthy than in a forest environment, because there are fewer leaves and branches decomposing around the tree. “Trees in a park are like a zoo,” Eby said. “It’s really strange and kind of foreign, and just thrown out there trying to tough it out versus in a forest where they’re all working together.”
“It’s hard to believe this, but there are areas in Texas right now that aren’t even in a drought, they’re not even abnormally dry,” Baylis said. “It’s really sort of this pocket in Central Texas and some other areas that are in that extreme and exceptional drought.”“Things like disease, fungus or insects will come and help take the trees out the rest of the way,” Eby said.
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