To honor Spain winning the Euro Cup 2024, ArborNote’s Tree of the Week is Holly Oak (Quercus ilex)! It is a large evergreen oak, with heights ranging from 69 to 92 feet, and is native to the Mediterranean region. The Holly Oak is not officially listed as an invasive species...
To honor Argentina for winning the Copa America soccer tournament yesterday for the 16th time and the second time in a row, ArborNote’s Tree of the Week is Cockspur Coral (Erythrina crista-galli). This tree is the national tree of Argentina, and is distributed throughout northeastern and central western Argentina, eastern...
With summer in full swing, ArborNote’s Tree of the Week is the Bailey’s Copernicia Palm (Copernicia baileyana). This fan palm is endemic, which means they are only found naturally in eastern and central Cuba. It has a single gray trunk about 25 inches in diameter that is topped with a...
ArborNote’s Tree of the Week is the Beaked Yucca (Yucca rostrata). Our fearless leader, Hank Ortiz, was showing his visiting German family around Laguna beach and came across this beautiful flowering Beaked Yucca by @lasbrisasrestaurants! The species is native to Texas, and the Chihuahua and Coahuila...
With the heat hitting Southern California this week, ArborNote’s Tree of the Week is the White Mulberry (Morus alba). Our fearless leader, Hank Ortiz, grew up in Redlands, CA and had 3 large Mulberry trees in his backyard that shaded him all summer. Whenever it gets hot, it brings him...
Our Tree of the Week is the Himalayan cedar (Cedrus deodara). It is a species of cedar native to the Himalayas that can reach 164 feet in height. It grows best at altitudes of 5,000–10,000 ft. It is widely grown as an ornamental tree, often planted in parks and large...
ArborNote’s Tree of the Week is the Catalina ironwood (Lyonothamnus floribundus). It is only found in the Channel Islands of California, where it grows in the chaparral and oak woodlands of the rocky coastal canyons. It is the single living species of the Lyonothamnus genus. Discoveries of fossils have suggested...
We are at the Trees Florida Chapter ISA conference this week in Fort Lauderdale and it inspired our Tree of the Week, which is the Traveler’s Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis)! These are a common site in Florida, especially in the south, but they are actually not a...
This week, ArborNote’s Tree of the Week is the Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)! The Southern Magnolia is native to the Southeastern United States, from Virginia to central Florida, and west to East Texas. Until early 2018, an iconic southern magnolia planted by President Andrew Jackson nearly 200 years earlier grew...
ArborNote’s Tree of the Week is the Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis), although it has “pine” in the name, it is not actually related to the pine family. The Wollemi Pine is the last living species of the genus, and was only rediscovered in 1944 in a remote area of Australia...
