Shade is one of many environmental benefits trees provide.
Urban forests are made up of the trees that exist in urban or suburban landscapes. An urban forest is comprised of trees in many settings – in residential and commercial landscapes, along streets and other rights-of-way, and in parks, greenways and set-aside natural areas. Urban forests have great environmental, economic and social value.
Urban forests can moderate the impacts of urban air pollutants. Trees remove particulates, sulfur dioxide, ozone and other …