Portland Parks & Recreation Urban Forestry Problems with Portland's most popular trees Trees provide shade, color and stormwater assistance.

CHICO >> In a newer west Chico neighborhood, love for its towering, city-owned sycamore trees has turned to hate, as residents struggle with dropping branches, water pipe-busting roots, and r… ...

‘ Sterculia Foetida ’ is the botanical name of the java olive trees, the chief attraction of which are the rose-coloured nuts enshrouded in whorls of leafy branches.

CHICO >> In a newer west Chico neighborhood, love for its towering, city-owned sycamore trees has turned to hate, as residents struggle with dropping branches, water pipe-busting roots, and r… ...

People new to Atlanta constantly remark on our beautiful trees, but with heavy rains like the ones in the past week, those trees can start looking like a liability.

In recent decades, the trees have become commonplace in suburban yards across the country, but many gardening experts caution against the trees, saying they cause environmental problems.

Others see ugly and invasive "trees-as-weeds" that choke the land of natural life. When an arborist declares the forest is dying, another comes forward to say it will thrive for decades.