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A walk through Schenley Farms: Trees thrive midst of Oakland

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Local Ecologist, a New York City-based blog that chronicles near and far ecological encounters, recounts a recent walk through Oakland's Schenley Farms.

"I was immediately struck by the large trees and took a brief walk one morning to take a closer look," the blogger writes. "The underground utilities make a huge difference in the height of the trees as well as a lack of often ghastly utility pruning."

The post includes some beautiful photographs of area trees, such as sweetgum, pin and red oak, hawthorne, maple and London planes.

"Where are the generously planted streets in your city?" the Local Ecologist asks.

The better question, in our leafy green city, is what areas of Pittsburgh aren't generously planted?

To read the complete blog post click here.

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