Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy forges forest of the future in face of global warming
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American yellowwood trees, seen against the backdrop of the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood, could be a component of the city’s future treescape.
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Jaci Bruschi, horticultural project manager with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, has been tending to a grove of American yellowwoods since 2019.
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A small sapling of an American yellowwood tree, normally native to southern parts of the United States, is growing at Fezziwig Grove in Schenley Park.
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Jaci Bruschi, horticultural project manager with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, shows an American yellowwood leaf that is showing signs of malnutrition, otherwise known as chlorosis.
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Researchers are studying whether the American yellowwood tree might be suitable to plant in Pittsburgh to account for hotter temperatures because of climate change.
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American yellowwood trees were planted in Schenley Park’s Fezziwig Grove in two batches.
