How many times have you stopped in your tracks to look at a tree and admire it for its beauty? If you're a tree lover like me, then you probably have done so many times.
This page is a collection of trees that I have admired as both a professional and as a lover of nature.
Trees make the community. They provide a multitude of benefits that improve the immediate environment on your property and in your neighborhood. They remove carbon dioxide and air pollutants from the atmosphere and in return, produce oxygen required for life. Trees serve as a carbon sink by removing atmospheric carbon and storing it in their trunks, branches, leaves and roots. The canopies throughout a community will filter the air by removing dust and particulate matter, and deflect the impact of rainfall that also washes those collected pollutants to the ground, then allowing it to be absorbed into the soil. The trees that are growing near buildings help to moderate the impact of seasonal weather conditions by cooling the building surfaces with the shade of their canopies in the hot weather and serving as a windbreak in cold weather in turn reducing heating costs. The trees that are planted adjacent to the hardscape surfaces help to reduce the heat island effect caused by asphalt and concrete. This helps to reduce energy consumption for air conditioning and less water used to irrigate landscapes.
I hope this page inspires people to preserve large trees in their neighborhoods where it is practical and will contribute to the community. I also hope that it inspires people to plant trees in their neighborhoods so future generations will have large trees in their neighborhoods.
© Walter Warriner Consulting Arborist
