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Trees Planted by the City in East Portland Two Years Ago Are Dead Because the City Didn’t Water Them (www.wweek.com)
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[–] tal@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, I imagine that native flora that does fine in the environment in that area without being watered will probably take over if nothing happens.

[–] Landmammals@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It's probably that the transplanted trees didn't have time to establish a root structure, where a tree from seed would have had deeper roots.