A 20-year UC Davis research study called “Climate-Ready Trees” is using the university’s campus as a living lab to see if these trees can help California cities find new favorite species that have …
, he evaluated how the common street tree species might fare in a warming climate.
But trees in the interior cities in the Bay Area, as well as across all of Central and Southern California, will feel greater impact. “The change in temperature is going to be more significant, particularly as we move away from the coast and the potential availability of irrigation water is going to be more limited,” he said.
A redwood tree called El Palo Alto has long served as the 120-foot-tall symbol of Palo Alto. Now city arborists “are avoiding planting redwoods or any other high-water-user species as street trees,” said Meghan Horrigan-Taylor, city spokesperson. Longtime Menlo Park resident Kimberly LeMieux, frustrated by her city’s 125 thirsty redwoods, is leading a citizens task force to reform Menlo Park’s restrictive ordinance.
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