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In 1931 the Los Angeles forestry division planted more than 25,000 palm trees around the city. The most common was the Washingtonia robusta, or Mexican fan palm. Many of the original palms ...
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 ...
Three national parks there are named for trees, as well as several cities, including Oakland and Palm Springs. And what more immediately evokes Los Angeles, the state’s most populous city ...