Trees are needed to provide shade and absorb runoff. "So that development going in — if it's lot edge to lot edge — we're going to see an amplification of urban heat," Shandas says.

Bradford pear trees are banned in a few states. More are looking to replace, eradicate them. Bradford pear trees, which can help spread wild, thorny Callery pear trees, are becoming a target of ...

The decline in palm trees is part of a larger trend in L.A.’s treescape. In the next five years, the city will lose enough trees to disease and pests that it will take 30 to 50 years to ...

The trees "break easily during ice and wind storms which we have plenty of in (South Carolina)," Long said. Researchers discovered in the '80s that the tree has a fragile composition.