Throughout 150 years of boosterism, through our latest cataclysm of fires, the palm tree image makes visual geolocation instant and easy. No need to spell out “Southern California” or “Los ...

The Senegal date (Phoenix reclinata) has multiple trunks that ascend from the base of the tree diagonally in every direction, evoking remote, white ... The California fan palm (Washingtonia ...

How can trees be racist? That’s the question explored in a new documentary, “Racist Trees,” about a historically Black neighborhood called the Crossley tract in Palm Springs, Calif., ...

Palm Springs has long been a retreat for ... Newens says the band of trees in the historically Black neighborhood became a political flashpoint when a white resident — and real estate agent — named ...

is that Science outlet Eos says that non-native palms – which dominate Southern California – burn more severely than indigenous plants. According to KCET, just one species of palm tree, the ...