TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL)- More than half of Tallahassee is covered by trees. The city is well known for its canopy roads.
But as recent hurricanes have shown, trees can also be dangerous and destructive.
On Saturday, the Continental High Homeowners' Association organized an event about how to manage trees in urban areas.
Two experts explained how trees deal with stress and how property owners can strengthen what are called "root zones."
They said there are simple things people can do to get more of the trees' assets and fewer of their liabilities.
"We're really a city inside a forest, and so, as you can look down here at the ground around us, we've got this nice mulch bed. Recycling the acorns off this beautiful oak tree and the leaves and all that right down into the ground, that helps provide an excellent rooting zone, and trees with good, excellent rooting zones are better able to withstand hurricane winds and things like that," said Stan Rosenthal, UF/IFAS Extension Forestry Agent Emeritus.
In addition to mulching and managing root zones, the experts talked about pruning trees properly and hiring professionals to remove dead or hazardous trees.
