Snowstorm Tree Damage Prevention What is the greatest threat to your trees here in the Denver area? It’s not an insect or disease; it is snow, or more specifically, snow when leaves are on the tree. The following factors cause snowstorm damage to trees: Heavy...
Anatomy of the Tree Lets take you back to your first biology class in junior high school. In the botany section , trees were discussed. A tree has three parts: roots, trunk and crown. Trees grow each year in height and span by adding on new growth in branch twigs....
South High Street between Louisiana and Alameda is lined with trees. When the street is walked on foot you will notice that many newly planted trees. It is human nature to notice large things, but the tree landscape along South High Street is in transition. There are...
Denver was settled in the early 1850s on a high plain grassland. There were no trees then besides the cottonwoods growing along streams flowing through the city. The trees you seen now in Denver were planted. Denver’s dry climate allows American Elms to survive with...
Believe it or not, the closest relative to the whale is the Hippopotamus. What does this have to do with tree dropping leaves? Over time, animals and plants adapt to environmental change or to take advantage of an opportunity to better thrive. A great example of...
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