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Our native palm is the California fan palm, reaching five, six, even eight stories tall.

“Mexican fan palms should be removed and prohibited from being planted in California. And Italian cypress interior canopies must be kept clean or be removed from any neighborhood,” San Diego landscape architect Kay Stewart wrote.

They made their way down from the San Bernardino Mountains to sunny Palm Desert, where they found temporary homes in enclosures shaded by desert willows and fan palms.

Officials aim to replace the ficus trees — the oldest about 60 years old — with alternating crape myrtles and Mexican fan palms.

Palm Canyon, home to hundreds of native California fan palm trees, has a parking lot and a trading post at its trailhead.