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City officials say they don’t know how many palm trees have been lost. In 1990, a city tally put the number of palms on L.A.’s streets at 75,000. That number has declined, officials said, but ...

Dr. Universe: Why are there so many palm trees in California? – Jenny, 11, California Dear Jenny, Along with beaches, sunshine and movie stars, a lot of people picture palm trees when they think ...

Select palm trees carefully, as many grow too big and are hard to maintain. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 64°F. Sunday, June 8th 2025 Today's e-Edition. Home Page. News.

The red palm weevil is threatening many trees in Southern California. A 2022 report by the BBC claimed just over 50% of all the palms in the world are threatened with extinction.

Finally, palm roots are very different from typical tree roots. Just as branches fork off and expand into a large network in typical trees, the root system will also grow out and expand with many ...

Palms are tropical plants, and most aren’t native to Southern California. There are more than 2,500 species in many shapes and sizes. Some plants thought of as palm trees are actually cycads ...

Palm trees are members of the botanical family Arecaceae, with some 2,600 species. Several different plants are included in this family; only the tree-form plants are called palm trees.

Palm trees have hundreds of "spaghetti roots," said Gary Peterson, manager at Phoenix Trim-A-Tree, which grow in a root ball. "They don't have roots like a normal tree," Peterson said. They may be ...

Palm trees are low-maintenance backyard trees and do not require lots of pruning. However, you must be prepared with the right tools and knowledge to prune a palm tree safely when you need to.