LAist

How Palm Trees Became A Symbol of LA (And How to Tell Them Apart)

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The Florida Times-Union

Are palm trees really trees? Here's what you should know.

This article entertains an ongoing debate that I often hear: Are palm trees really trees? Could our state tree, the sable palm, not even be a tree? This has been argued in many different ways with the ...
Los Angeles Times

Palm trees are about as L.A. as it gets. But is it time to bid them a frond farewell?

The Eiffel Tower was not, at its birth, universally admired. The fact that it was supposed to be temporary did not mollify the people who disliked it, chief among them the short-story writer Guy de ...
LAist

The History Of How Los Angeles Became A City Of Palm Trees

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NPR

Palm trees in Florida weathered Hurricane Ian's wrath just fine

FORT MYERS, Fla. — When a hurricane assaults the coast, as Ian did to Southwest Florida, flip on the TV and the images the cameras have to show are palm trees flailed by the furious winds. The ...