CITY DESTROYING AILING TREES IN FREEWAY PARK.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer NORTH HOLLYWOOD - With composters and bulldozers, officials on Tuesday began digging up 25 eucalyptus eucalyptus (y  'kəlĭp`təs): see myrtle. eucalyptus trees in North Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
in·sid·i·ous adj. Being a disease that progresses with few or no symptoms to indicate its gravity. pests. Officials fear that about 20,000 other eucalyptus trees across the city could die after being infected in·fect tr.v. in·fect·ed, in·fect·ing, in·fects 1. To contaminate with a pathogenic microorganism or agent. 2. To communicate a pathogen or disease to. 3. To invade and produce infection in. by an aphidlike insect - the red gum lerp psyllids. Officials are raising wasps to kill the eucalyptus sap-sucking psyllids, which has been plaguing trees in the Southland south·land or South·land n. A region in the south of a country or an area. south  land·er n.Noun 1. since 1998. The program has had little success. ``It might be a case of too little, too late,'' said Gerry Pinnere, city Recreation and Parks Department Forestry Division supervisor. The city has identified about 5,000 trees located in public parks. The North Hollywood trees were picked for removal because of the potential liability from a falling branch or bark bark, sailing vessel bark or barque (both: bärk), sailing vessel with three masts, of which the mainmast and the foremast are square-rigged while the mizzenmast is fore-and-aft-rigged. . ``One of the concerns is that somebody may get hit by one of the falling pieces of bark,'' Pinnere said. ``They've been declining in health over the last two to three months.'' The move has upset neighbors because the trees provide shade for the playground, which is hard against the Hollywood Freeway. ``They're gone. We're heartsick heart·sick adj. Profoundly disappointed; despondent. heart sick ,'' said Paula Humerick, a board member with the Valley Village Homeowners Association. ``Now we're subject to even greater noise and pollution from the freeway. Without the shade, fewer families will use the park, and we'll see a return of the types of activity that prompted us to fight so long and so hard for the playground and the trees.'' The trees will come down this week. City officials said they will replace the trees with about 40 sycamores, but it will take five to 10 years before they grow big enough to provide a canopy of shade. City recreation and parks officials plan to meet within the next week to discuss funding for tree removal and replacement. CAPTION(S): photo, map Photo: Worker Joe Lopez saws down one of the infected eucalyptus trees targeted for destruction at North Hollywood Park. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer Map: North Hollywood |
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