San Antonio is in prime location for pollen allergies from mountain cedar, Texas’ most misunderstood tree
First thing to know about mountain cedar: they technically aren’t cedar trees at all.
But a dense cedar forest exists in the Texas Hill Country. Karle Flocke says this is, “because they really thrive on limestone soils, hilly environments, areas that don’t have very deep soil at all.”of cedar trees, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service, which measures trees by weight. With “cedar fever” impacting many people every year, it’s no wonder that some grow to hate mountain cedar and its dreaded pollen.Myth #1: Cedar trees are invasiveAccording to Mark Bird, City Arborist for the City of San Antonio, “we have geological evidence of them being here for a very long time.”
But, according to Mark Bird, “it’s not true that they take up any more water than any of the other valued trees in our area, like an oak tree.”
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