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Texas lawmakers are proposing two bills to prevent cities from prohibiting the removal of Ashe Juniper trees, which are ...

Estella Garcia Cantu can laughingly admit she is just as obsessed with "The Miracle Tree" in her mother's yard as her mother.

which is listed as federally endangered and lives exclusively in the disappearing coastal plains of Texas. Reference: Liu Y, Scheiner SM, Hogan JA, et al. Nonnative tree invaders lead to declines in ...