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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk17366913">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913">We at Tree Canada just received some questions from a reporter at the Guardian, and I thought it would be good to share with the wider urban forestry community. Please do contact Ally Hirschlag directly
with your comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913"><b>Context:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913">“Male trees are cleaner and easier to manage than female trees. Unlike their female counterparts, distinctly male plants produce pollen but do not produce seeds, pods and fruit, which fall to the
ground and create mess. Female trees also attract pests, including bees, because they provide a source of food.”
</span><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/5403667/botanical-sexism-climate-change-asthma-allergies/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913">Source</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913">“Commercial horticulture produces vast numbers of all-male clonal selections from dioecious plants […] Close to 100% of all the ash (<i>Fraxinus)</i>, poplar (<i>Populus),
</i>pistache <i>(Pistacia), </i>bay laurel <i>(Laurus), </i>junipers<i> (Juniperus),
</i>willows<i> (Salix), </i>gingko tree <i>(Gingko), </i>Griselinia<i> (Griselinia),
</i>mulberries<i> (Morus), </i>yellowwood<i> (Podocarpus), </i>locust<i> (Gleditsia)
</i>and logwoods <i>(Xylosma) </i>sold are clonal males.” </span><a href="https://books.google.ca/books?redir_esc=y&id=pAJCDwAAQBAJ&q=clonal+males#v=snippet&q=clonal%20males&f=false"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913">Source</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913"><b>The questions:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913">In Canada, has there been a significant proportion of entirely male trees or male clones planted in urban areas? Why has this trend been perpetuated?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913">Has this caused an uptick in pollen dispersal in urban communities?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913">Do you know of specific communities in Canada looking to lower their pollen count by adding more female trees and/or less allergy-causing pollinators? <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913">What else are communities in Canada doing to combat worsening allergies in urban or suburban areas due to high tree pollen counts?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913"><b>Contact information:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913">Ally Hirschlag<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913"></span><a href="mailto:ally.hirschlag@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913">ally.hirschlag@gmail.com</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913">2013144322<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk17366913">Thank you all! <o:p>
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