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  2. Botanical sexism - Wikipedia

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    Urban planting of male Ginkgo biloba in Riverside, Illinois. Botanical sexism is a term that describes the preferential planting of cloned male plants in urban areas because they do not produce fruits and flowers that litter the landscape. However, because males produce pollen, areas with only male plants can have high pollen in the air and ...

  3. Is a preference for planting pollen-spewing male trees making ...

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    In a 2018 report from the academy, researchers say the selection of uniform species and male trees does reduce fruit and other litter but has resulted in “homogeneous pollen profiles with a high ...

  4. University of California, Berkeley oak grove controversy

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    The oak grove sits at the base of California Memorial Stadium and at the time of the controversy consisted of about 90 trees: 65 oaks, including 38 coast live oaks, 25 pittosporum, 8 redwoods, 5 pines and 1 or 2 cypress, cedar, pepper and yew trees. [7]

  5. California is home to millions of urban trees. What happens ...

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  6. Urban forestry - Wikipedia

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    In the late 60's, street trees were used to solve urban environmental issues, such as air and noise pollution. The Tokyo Olympic Games also gave the government a valid reason to plant more trees in the city. There were 12,000 street trees planted in Tokyo by 1965. [122] The species composition of street trees changed dramatically from 1980 to 1996.

  7. Whittier planned to cut down more than 80 ficus trees. Then ...

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    Some blame the trees for sidewalk and plumbing issues; others relish their shade. ... adding that the city will plant larger replacement trees "wherever possible," as well as add 39,000 square ...

  8. Million Tree Initiative - Wikipedia

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    This initiative was planned to plant trees between 2006 and 2010 and the trees were expected to provide environmental benefits and were predicted to continue to grow until 2040. [4] This campaign is important and can increase urban woods as a piece of infrastructure that can assist cities in mitigating their environment. [ 5 ]

  9. California's famed Joshua trees are burning up fast. They ...

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