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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lisa Cox and Patrick Keneally

EXPLAINED: Sydney turns over a new leaf and says goodbye to much maligned plane trees - The Real Truth

Plane trees in Surry Hills. The City of Sydney has decided to stop planting Plane trees across the city in an effort to line the streets with more drought tolerant plants.
Community activists have long been calling for Sydney to follow Melbourne’s lead and phase out plane trees in the streets of the city. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

The City of Sydney has said it will gradually phase out the use of plane trees across the streets of the city.

Plane trees, which account for almost 10% of the street and park trees across the whole City of Sydney but are the dominant species in some areas, have had their fair share of critics over the years.

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