To the editor: In her Sunday article about Los Angeles and its iconic palm trees (“Palm trees are about as L.A. as it gets. But is it time to bid them a frond farewell?”), Patt Morrison wrote ...

Along the iconic Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, palm trees line both sides of the roadway. They tower above the tourists and traffic, synonymous with Los Angeles in the minds of visitors.

As a procession of construction trucks drives through the blackened streets of Los Angeles County's Altadena ... including oaks, pines and palm trees, proved more likely to survive the wildfires ...