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So I just read this article and the study it’s referencing.
My takeaways from this are that Red Maple are probably a very good maple choice for city balcony bonsai given their apparent ability to acclimate well to what would be stressors for other trees.
Thought that was pretty cool!
Study finds that red maples were more productive in an environment with more urbanization
A team of researchers have examined whether urban red maples—a resilient native tree known to thrive in urban environments—acclimate to environmental shifts and whether that response is impacted by the size of the city.
phys.org
Red maple (Acer rubrum L.) trees demonstrate acclimation to urban conditions in deciduous forests embedded in cities
The impacts of urbanization, such as urban heat island (UHI) and nutrient loads, can influence tree function through altered physiology and metabolism and stress response, which has implications for urban forest health in cities across the world. Our goal was to compare growth-stimulating and...
journals.plos.org
My takeaways from this are that Red Maple are probably a very good maple choice for city balcony bonsai given their apparent ability to acclimate well to what would be stressors for other trees.
Thought that was pretty cool!