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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. How California eco-bureaucrats halted a Pacific Palisades ...

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    Most notably, the county-run Santa Ynez Reservoir — which is right in the heart of Pacific Palisades, and can hold 117 million gallons — was empty when the fires broke out last week, and has ...

  5. 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]

  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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    City officials this month will hold a "study session" — their third since the approval of the $20-million Greenleaf Promenade — examining the plan for the trees and other elements of the project.

  8. Tree Cities of the World - Wikipedia

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    However the importance of urban forests has been realised as even more vital in a time of global warming, pollution and crowded cities, adding to the well-being of residents and workers of villages, suburbs, towns and cities. [3] Five core standards are necessary to be met by a Tree City of the World: [3] Establish responsibility for the trees.

  9. How Cities are Using Trees to Combat Climate Change - AOL

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