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In a new essay by Washington Square Eco Projects Director Georgia Silvera Seamans, she asks </div>
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<span style="font-family: "DM Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(2, 71, 82);">How did Japanese ornamental cherry trees become part of the canopy of New York City?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "DM Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(2, 71, 82);">"In this blog post I follow ornamental cherries from the early 20th century gift of 300 trees to New York and the more famous gift to Washington DC. I then discuss cherry
phenology, cherry trees in my favorite city park, Washington Square, and end with a shout out to the native black cherry."
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https://ucfsociety.org/japanese-ornamental-cherries-colonialism-diplomacy-phenology-and-fomo/</a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Michelle Sutton</b></span></p>
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