It’s hot out there — don’t forgot that your trees need water. Via DCist is this helpful reminder from Casey Trees, an environmental nonprofit focusing on trees in DC, that trees need about 25 gallons of water a week (that’s about 1.5 inches of rain). Plus if there are tree boxes in front of your house, it’s your responsibility to water them.
Casey Trees has a tree watering guide and alsothis cool map, below, of street trees in DC.
Trees, as you probably know, help the environment by taking in greenhouse gases, plus they help keep the area cooler in hot weather and warmer in cold weather, increase property value, and they’re nice to look at.
Interestingly, it looks like a lot of our streets have only one type of tree. And Oak Street has mainly maples:
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Acer (Maple) |
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Quercus (Oak) |
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Ulmus (Elm) |
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Platanus (Sycamore) |
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Other (All Other Genera) |
