LISLE, Ill. – The Morton Arboretum has sounded the alarm about a species of tree in urgent need of conservation.
Silvia Alvarez-Clare, co-author of a milestone report on the Mesoamerican oak tree, said the main threats to these trees are climate change, pests and diseases, and land use change due to agriculture and urbanization.
But Alvarez-Clare is hopeful that actions being taken now will turn things around.…