Tree Service in Sahuarita, AZ

Sahuarita is a town in Pima County, Arizona, known to be among the greenest cities in Arizona with its lush green public parks and well-maintained private landscapes. The city has a total population of 25,259 residents, and a total area of 15.2 square miles.

Being in USDA hardiness zones 9a, Sahuarita experiences sweltering and partly cloudy summer and cold, dry, and mostly clear winters. Over the year, the temperature typically varies from 40°F to 100°F and is rarely below 32°F or above 106°F. The town receives some kind of precipitate presented as 13.7 inches of rain and 0.2 inches of snow, enough for the following trees to grow:

• Fraxinus velutina – is a small deciduous tree growing to 10 m tall, with a trunk up to 30 cm diameter. The bark is rough gray-brown and fissured, and the shoots are velvety-downy. The leaves are 10–25 cm long, pinnately compound with five or seven (occasionally three) leaflets 4 cm or longer, with an entire or finely serrated margin. The flowers are produced in small clusters in early spring; it is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. The fruit is a samara 1.5–3 cm long, with an apical wing 4–8 mm broad.
• Velvet mesquite – can grow to 30–50 ft tall or more. It grows larger in areas with ample water, smaller in open, dry grasslands. The youngest branches maybe green and photosynthetic. Young bark is reddish-brown and smooth. As it matures, it becomes a dark, dusty gray or brown and takes on a shredded texture. Yellow thorns up to one inch long appear on the young branches. The leaves are about 3-6 in long, fine, and bipinnately compound. They fold closed at night.
• Vachellia constricta – typically grows to 6.6 ft in height, occasionally reaching 20 ft. Its stems range from a light gray to a mahogany color, with pairs of straight white spines anywhere from 0.5 to 2 cm long. The small leaves are even-pinnate, usually 2.5–4 cm in length, with each of the 3-9 pairs of pinnae made of 4-16 pairs of leaflets, which are about 3.5 mm long and 1 mm wide. The flowers occur in small yellow balls about 1 cm in diameter. The flowers offer no nectar and little pollen, and so tend to have few visitors.

 Here are some parks that you can visit in Sahuarita where you can observe the trees mentioned above:

• Green Valley RV Resort – is a standard RV park offering a heated outdoor pool, shuffleboard courts & a recreation center.
• Madera Highlands Park – is a family park where you can enjoy tree shades for picnics or take a small jog in its trails or walk your dog on its sidewalks.

Like any other city, the Parks and Recreation Department is the one responsible for taking care of green landscapes and city trees if located on public land, otherwise, a private tree arborist will do the job.