Recommended Urban Trees: A Cornell Campus Walk - Horticulture ...

swaths of lawn. By contrast, the trees on the right, starting across from the
Minns Garden, contend with the indignity of parking lots on both sides of
them. Root damage from parking lot construction and soil compaction from
cars has stunted these once-vigorous red oaks. The trees on the left are living
the good life, but those on the right show what happens when urban stress
takes its toll. u
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