The revision of the woodland of Santa Cruz of Tenerife by the new concessionaire of Parks and gardenswhich took over the competition last January, is making difficult decision-making about some specimens that, for safety reasons, must be removed from their environment.
That is the case of three palm trees located in as many emblematic points of the city, and whose absence from public space is going to be very noticeable. This is one of the palm trees that stands in the Alameda del Duque Santa Elena, another is located in the García Sanabria park, and the third is in Ramón y Cajal street, where another 40 trees will also be felled. sick. The main reasons have to do with the presence of fungi, which are also affecting the hundred-year-old specimens of Indian laurels.
Regarding the felling of the palm trees, the first, the one that stands in the Alameda del Duque Santa Elena, is a Canarian palm tree eight meters high, which presents “generalized wilting”, a symptomatology that is associated with the presence of the fusarium fungus. The technicians recommend its extraction, without carrying out any replacement.
In the García Sanabria, the six-meter-tall Canarian palm tree is located on one of the promenades that adjoins Calle Numancia, and as in the previous case, the presence of the fusarium fungus has caused it to wilt. Again, the recommendation of the Parks and Gardens technicians is felling and extraction, without replacement.
The third of the specimens is a robust washingtonia palm, or fan palm, located on Ramón y Cajal street. 12 meters high. In this case, the specimen presents a narrowing with loss of material about 2.5 meters from the balloon, “which represents a point of weakness that cannot be assumed”, which could make it fall at any time. In this case, the wounds on the trunk have narrowed the support of the palm tree, endangering the crown. The technicians recommend felling and extraction and replacement by a shrub species.
In addition to the felling of these three specimens of palm trees, that of a tree, a red brachichito, which is located on Garcilaso de la Vega street, and which presents an open wound at the base with decomposing material, damage that, According to the technical report, it is caused by the constant urination of dogs. The inclination that begins to suffer forces its felling and extraction. The recommendation is to replace it with a specimen of the same species.
Risk Management Plan
These four reports correspond to the analysis that Parks and Gardens is carrying out of all the trees in Santa Cruz, through the so-called Risk Management Plan for the Santa Cruz Trees for this 2023. As the reports become available, They are incorporated into this document with which a global vision of all the trees of the capital will be obtained. In April, the review of the plans by districts began.
