Comments on: Dolores Park Palms Look Like Gang of Street Toughs

By: Norfolk Island Palm is Sick « Far Out Flora's Blog

Norfolk Island Palm is Sick « Far Out Flora's Blog — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:20:18 +0000

[...] are ever in SF and want to really dig in…check out the SF Palm Society, or just head towards Dolores Park…you will see a ton of [...]

By: Know Your Trees « Burrito Justice

Know Your Trees « Burrito Justice — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:17:44 +0000

[...] Your Trees So it is turning into Tree Week here. Following up on comments on pictures of palm trees in Dolores Park, I came across Michael Sullivan’s book The Trees of San [...]

By: johnny0

johnny0 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:00:24 +0000

Palm trees in SF is not a new trend. Jefferson Square in 1881. Dolores Park in 1909.

By: LINDYLULA

LINDYLULA — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:33:21 +0000

What means FN?
Bjorn I can’t for the life of me figure out what you’re trying to say.

By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:24:35 +0000

Never mind…

By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:24:10 +0000

For further reading, I googled this lovely find.
Thanks SF-FOTUF (or FUF?)
http://books.google.com/books?id=FxRN7O5xlqsC

By: johnny0

johnny0 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:36:44 +0000

Of the 20 most common trees in SF, none are CA native and 7 are from Australia/NZ (similar latitude/climate). List by Friends of the Urban Forest via Micheal Sullivan's The Trees of San Francisco.

By: Bjorn Toulousse

Bjorn Toulousse — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:41:55 +0000

Almost nothing and no one here is indigenous (don’t go all FN on me cause my wife, kids an a brother are FN)I just feel personally that Palms look SoCal..I’m sure they must make sense in the civic garden. Im a spaz I might talk shit…it’s the internet and we’re at work on the bosses dime. If you are doing this on your free time, well, then…I’m sorry. Power to the Dunes and hug all trees. Bust up all sidewalks and yell anarchy. Wild root balls.

By: jaricoandlinda

jaricoandlinda — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:06:26 +0000

Palms (and you can correct me if I’m wrong, or I guess I could go check it out on my own but fugg it) have a root system that goes straight down and can be planted in confined and small spaces. Their roots won’t bust up the surrounding sidewalk like other trees and they take very little water.
If you wanted it look a little more indigenous the redwood is all wrong. The remarkable lack of trees in SF can be attributed to the fact that much of the city was once rolling sand dunes.
http://www.shapingsf.org/ezine/ecology/sandframe.html

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:24:31 +0000

No cigar, bud, it’s
The Banana Splits.

By: beer glasses

beer glasses — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:41:44 +0000

whatever Bjorn…the beauty of this climate is the beauty of plant diversity. You can hate the palm, but more and more species of palm are being introduced to our lovely bar area…and I’m stoked! Cause I luv palms…but not your palm bjorn.

and thanks for the pic and appreciation brian.

Cheers!

By: brian

brian — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:53:48 +0000

thanks bjorn

By: Bjorn Toulousse

Bjorn Toulousse — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:45:41 +0000

It’s a hella cool picture.

By: Bjorn Toulousse

Bjorn Toulousse — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:44:13 +0000

I think palm trees stink this far north and our taxes should be spent on redwoods instead of these L.A. looking civic trees. Palms are only indigenous to Palm Springs and the desert area (I could be wrong, but that’s what I read on a plaque there in that tourist canyon palm park near town). Keep it Bay at the old Jewish cemetery. Take that. Fuck you too.

By: Mario Incandenza

Mario Incandenza — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:30:10 +0000

But, they aren’t snapping.

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8R9GiLImSw )