Dallas has no trees, or does it? (Houston, El Paso: transplants, credit)

[aceplace]

Here's a scientific study on tree cover that should confound many who claim Dallas has no trees.

Texas is No. 2 in trees, new study says | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News

[Metro Matt]

Coming from an East Texan, we sometimes poke fun at Dallas for not having that many trees. I guess if you grew up in West Texas, however, then Dallas would look like the Garden of Eden.

[KittySkyfish]

That's interesting. It's also interesting that Alaska came in #2. Maybe it's because both states are HUGE. The study is based strictly on acres of forested land. From the article - "The state has 60 million acres of forest land. That ranks second to Alaska and is about 23 percent of the forestation in the southern U.S."

Their study reports that the greatest percentrage of Texas' woodlands are mesquite (35%). That's lush. lol.

Dallas has trees but it's nowhere near the type of green that other parts of the country offer. Many of the eastern cities are surrounded by rolling hills covered by dense wooded areas. All that woodland and hillside puts trees right in center stage. That's why transplants often complain about how sparse trees seem here in Dallas. And no, the hillsides in Dallas aren't the same either.

But I do agree that Dallas is definitely green with trees compared to El Paso!

[HotWire]

Its too bad the trees here are nothing to 'wow' about. They're the old granny, shade tree types.

I prefer the glamorous, flowing in the wind kind that are 100 feet tall you find along the beaches. These are pictures I personally took. I just couldnt find a reason to take any here

[HotWire]

Oh, and contrast that to a very mundane scenary of here...ewww! Oh wait, there's 1 tree

[eastdallasson]

look i'm on the east coast now and the trees up here suck. they may be tall but they ARENT green most of the year, and honestly give me the openness and big sky of texas over tall, bare trees anyday.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by eastdallasson

look i'm on the east coast now and the trees up here suck. they may be tall but they ARENT green most of the year, and honestly give me the openness and big sky of texas over tall, bare trees anyday.

I'm guessing Spring hasn't sprung yet on the East Coast, but here in East Texas all of the trees are as lush & green as could be.

[eastdallasson]

why in the world would it be to dallas' credit that spring starts at the end of february not mid-april? don't you prefer your marchs cold and wet? no i'm being bitter but seriously if people can't appreciate all the green in dallas then i think they're probably being bitter too

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by HotWire

Oh, and contrast that to a very mundane scenary of here...ewww! Oh wait, there's 1 tree

Where in the city limits of Dallas was that pic taken? I'm betting it wasn't anywhere NEAR downtown Dallas. Old farmsteads that were once nothing but fields for growing crops don't count

BTW, you changed your name.

[sxrckr]

This article is just referring to Texas as a state, not Dallas.

If you want real tree action in Texas, gotta stay around east/southeast Texas or parts of the hill country.

I've never seen anything else in the state quite like Kingwood (outside of Houston) as far as a major metro community basically in a tall tree forest.