Photos of the trees prior to their removal showed their deteriorating condition; some were sprouting fungi and others had rotting heartwood.
Six dozen colossal coral trees along San Diego Bay are being hewn down to stumps after the Port of San Diego deemed the plants a safety hazard to parkgoers.
Brianne Page, a spokesperson for the Port of San Diego, said ocean water has caused the erythrina caffra to dry out and weaken. Couple that with intense winter rain and saturated soil, and the threat of toppling trees that could cause property damage or personal injury was too great to ignore. "Coral trees are not well-suited for our environment," Page said."Coral trees grow better where there is more fresh water in the soil. Around the San Diego bayfront, the water in the soil is high in salt content due to the soil being mostly made up of dredged material from the bay."
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