<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Just a quick FYI that the article written by Ally <span class="gmail-il">Hirschlag for the Guardian about male trees and allergies, for which there was a informational request sent to CANUFNET back in March, was published on May 16. Here is a direct link:<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/16/how-urban-planners-preference-for-male-trees-has-made-your-hay-fever-worse">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/16/how-urban-planners-preference-for-male-trees-has-made-your-hay-fever-worse</a><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Kind regards,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Greg</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 at 08:04, Rebecca Seltzer via CANUFNET <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net">canufnet@list.web.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_3433010918976149469__Hlk17366913">Hello everyone,<u></u><u></u></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><b>Context:<u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>“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/" target="_blank"><span>Source</span><span></span></a><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>“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" target="_blank"><span>Source</span><span></span></a><span><i><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u><u></u></span></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><b>The questions:<u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
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<span>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?<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_3433010918976149469MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">
<span>Has this caused an uptick in pollen dispersal in urban communities?<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_3433010918976149469MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">
<span>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? <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_3433010918976149469MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">
<span>What else are communities in Canada doing to combat worsening allergies in urban or suburban areas due to high tree pollen counts?<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><b>Contact information:<u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ally Hirschlag<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span></span><a href="mailto:ally.hirschlag@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span>ally.hirschlag@gmail.com</span><span></span></a><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>2013144322<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thank you all! <u></u>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/augustana/about-us/academic-staff/greg-king" target="_blank">Dr. Greg King</a><br>Assistant Professor of Environmental Science<br>Department of Science<br><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/augustana/" target="_blank">University of Alberta - Augustana</a><br>4901 - 46 Avenue, Camrose, AB,T4V 2R3, Canada<br>Tel: +1.780.679.1181</font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(33,33,33)" size="2">Email: <a href="mailto:gking@ualberta.ca" target="_blank">gking@ualberta.ca</a></font></div><br>The Augustana Campus of the University of Alberta is located at ᐊᓯᓂᐢᑲᐤ ᓰᐲᓯᐢ (asiniskaw sipisis - Stoney Creek) in Treaty 6 territory and a traditional meeting ground for many Indigenous peoples. This land provided a travelling route and home to the Maskwacis Nêhiyawak, Niitsitapi, Nakoda, and Tsuut'ina Nations, the Métis, and other Indigenous peoples. Their spiritual and practical relationships to the land create a rich heritage for our learning and our life as a community.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>