TIMBER!\Palmdale chops down 22 park trees inflicted with health problems.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - Workmen toppled 22 insect-riddled, damaged or misshapen mis·shape tr.v. mis·shaped, mis·shaped or mis·shap·en , mis·shap·ing, mis·shapes To shape badly; deform. mis·shap Siberian elm and black locust trees in downtown Courson Park, the city's oldest park, dating to the park's origin in the early 1950s. The parks department will replace some of the trees to fill in bare spots in the park, but officials haven't decided how many or what varieties, said maintenance superintendent Bill Lewallen. Some of the trees suffered from a infestation infestation /in·fes·ta·tion/ (-fes-ta´shun) parasitic attack or subsistence on the skin and/or its appendages, as by insects, mites, or ticks; sometimes used to denote parasitic invasion of the organs and tissues, as by helminths. of insects that chew under the bark into the cambium cambium (kăm`bēəm), thin layer of generative tissue lying between the bark and the wood of a stem, most active in woody plants. The cambium produces new layers of phloem on the outside and of xylem (wood) on the inside, thus increasing layer, interfering with the flow of sap and weakening the tree, he said. Others had damage such as splits in the trunk from the weight of the upper branches, he said. Some trees became overcrowded o·ver·crowd v. o·ver·crowd·ed, o·ver·crowd·ing, o·ver·crowds v.tr. To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms. as they matured, resulting in crooked trunks as the trees tried to reach sunlight. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo (1-2--Color) Arborist Stephen G. Lewis of Tip Top Tree Service slices a Siberian elm into sections. The tree company removed 22 diseased or hazardous trees at Courson Park. Francisco Mora MORA, In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. Sec. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 2, n. , right, trims back the top of a honey locust before it is cut down. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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