| argest living creatures that man encounters are | | | | grow out from the base of the tree, at least as |
| shade trees that are handily defined as trees that | | | | far out as the height. Some botanists report that |
| produce shade protection from the sunlight. | | | | the greatest enemy of the forests of shade |
| Mankind loves and respects shade trees with their | | | | trees is agriculture, because civilization has cut |
| cooling benefits and the many available wood | | | | down the trees in order to plant row crops and |
| products, that improve the recreational | | | | to build homes. Many large virgin forests of |
| environment and offer food and shelter for | | | | Longleaf Pine trees have vanished, and are |
| wildlife, birds, insects, and other creatures. Trees | | | | replaced for planting and growing agricultural crops. |
| are planted and grown for many purposes; for | | | | The great forests of large, black walnut trees are |
| their sculptured beauty, beautiful seasonal color, | | | | now gone and replaced with condominiums, and |
| and flowers. Flowering trees are usually not | | | | large grassy lawns growing there instead. Early |
| planted to grow as shade trees, but mainly for | | | | American botanists and explorers wrote letters |
| their beautiful flowers, and their growth is not fast | | | | about walking all day “underneath the |
| enough to produce a tree large enough to shade | | | | cooling avenues of large Live Oaks and their |
| a house very well. Many specific products of | | | | graceful boughs that touched the earth.” |
| shade trees are fruit, berry, nut, wood pulp, | | | | People are encouraged today to save the |
| sugar, turpentine, bark, mulch, timber, and | | | | environment and to plant and grow large trees in |
| sawdust. Fast growing shade trees in landscapes | | | | their landscape. Eight to ten foot shade trees are |
| tend to suppress weeds by shading the ground | | | | best to provide fast growing trees for quick |
| with minimum light. Shade trees purify our | | | | shade. |
| atmosphere by absorbing automobile emissions of | | | | Shade Trees make an important and powerful |
| carbon dioxide and replacing oxygen as fresh air | | | | statement in the landscape composition. Group |
| to breath. | | | | plantings of shade trees can filter out automobile |
| Large shade trees protect the soil from erosion | | | | noise and noxious exhaust fumes. Single specimen |
| and cool the earth beneath the trees with shade. | | | | tree plantings can make dramatic horizontal or |
| The height of some longer shade trees can grow | | | | vertical blockage for privacy. |
| to 100 ft in the landscape, and often the roots | | | | |