Las Vegas Sun

May 4, 2024

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Rising Temperatures Could Affect Local Trees

Steve Marcus

This Lacebark Elm with its leaves changing colors is a harsh desert climate tree commonly found in the Las Vegas Valley, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. With data from the American Horticultural Society analysis on plants' climate resiliency, the water authority has identified six harsh desert climate trees including this Lacebark Elm that could be under great heat stress within the next 40 years.