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Salida Tree Board
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Walk around Salida and you'll see an abundance of trees, from silver maples and American elms casting leafy shade over city streets to tall spruces in parks, and crabapples in yards blooming in clouds of pink blossoms in spring. Yet Salida wasn't always a tree-shaded place. Historic photos show trees only along the Arkansas River and larger streams.
Salida’s urban forest was planted and nurtured by the people who settled here beginning in the late 1800s. Their choices of trees reflect those species that could survive the dry, windy climate.
Today, thanks to the buffering effect of the existing forest and to new tree varieties, our choice of species is larger.
Walk around Salida and you'll see an abundance of trees, from silver maples and American elms casting leafy shade over city streets to tall spruces in parks, and crabapples in yards blooming in clouds of pink blossoms in spring. Yet Salida wasn't always a tree-shaded place. Historic photos show trees only along the Arkansas River and larger streams.
Salida’s urban forest was planted and nurtured by the people who settled here beginning in the late 1800s. Their choices of trees reflect those species that could survive the dry, windy climate.
Today, thanks to the buffering effect of the existing forest and to new tree varieties, our choice of species is larger.