The recent Santa Ana winds have caused significant damage to trees in Los Angeles, particularly in underserved neighborhoods, posing challenges for urban forestry efforts. Tree advocates and experts face obstacles like drought, improper trimming, and community resistance to leaves and sap. The aftermath of the fires leaves behind a need for replanting and the consideration of climate-resilient tree species.
LOS ANGELES—Some people across Los Angeles have worked for years to increase the number of trees that give respite from heat and air pollution.
New trees are vulnerable, and volunteers often have to go out and water them for the first few years.Past fires and extreme winds have torn off many limbs and taken down trees, especially ones planted in narrow strips of land where there isn’t room for much soil, he said. Even though many of the city’s mature trees might be 30 or 40 years old, they “started growing at times when it was not as hot and didn’t have these kinds of wet and dry fluctuations that we seem to be seeing now,” he said.
Trees such as the coast live oak are a good option, said Aaron Thomas, director of urban forestry at the environmental nonprofit North East Trees. They are native to the region and are fire resilient—in fact, they need to burn to reproduce, he said.
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