At least where I live (suburban Australia), eucalyptus trees are common street trees and have evolved to regrow after fire and even in some species only release seed after fire (heat and smoke is required to crack open the pods). Others like paperbarks only lose their outermost layer to the fire and then regenerate afterwards. I guess what I'm trying to say is that some trees are surprisingly resilient even in urban settings. From what I understand, eucalypts aren't uncommon in California and I wouldn't be surprised if the other street plantings in LA included native species that are similarly adapted.
Almost all native trees of California are also fire adapted, because we have had large annual wildfires for a long ass time. I obviously can't tell what kind of trees those are, but this is a common trend with wildfire damage
The common eucalyptus in California is the blue gum, which has adapted to burn itself down and take the rest of the forest with it (the fire climbs the bark into the canopy and ignites the leaves, which are full of flammable oil). It's understood to be a wildfire hazard out there.
At least where I live (suburban Australia), eucalyptus trees are common street trees and have evolved to regrow after fire and even in some species only release seed after fire (heat and smoke is required to crack open the pods). Others like paperbarks only lose their outermost layer to the fire and then regenerate afterwards. I guess what I'm trying to say is that some trees are surprisingly resilient even in urban settings. From what I understand, eucalypts aren't uncommon in California and I wouldn't be surprised if the other street plantings in LA included native species that are similarly adapted.
Almost all native trees of California are also fire adapted, because we have had large annual wildfires for a long ass time. I obviously can't tell what kind of trees those are, but this is a common trend with wildfire damage
Eucalyptus are common in California but they are invasive.
The common eucalyptus in California is the blue gum, which has adapted to burn itself down and take the rest of the forest with it (the fire climbs the bark into the canopy and ignites the leaves, which are full of flammable oil). It's understood to be a wildfire hazard out there.