Sacramento, California

===Trees===
[[File:Sacramento International Airport 5.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Central Sacramento and the [[Sacramento River]]]]Sacramento has long been known as the "City of Trees" owing to its abundant [[urban forest]]. The city has more trees per capita than anywhere else in the world.<ref name=NPR>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5027514#:~:text=Transcript-,Sacramento%2C%20Calif.%2C%20claims%20more%20trees%20per%20capita%20than%20any,a%20calming%20effect%20on%20drivers.| title='City of Trees' or 'America's Farm-to-Fork Capital'? Water tower uproar reflects Sacramento's changing identity|first=Walter|last= Ko|date= April 24, 2017|website=[[The Sacramento Bee]]}}</ref> The first recorded use of the term was in 1855, and it was popular by the early 20th century. It was not always so: it was at first called the "City of Plains" because of the lack of trees, but soon afterward there were [[populus|cottonwood]] trees planted, and [[eucalyptus]] varieties were imported to dry out [[swamp]]land. Later, [[locust tree]]s, and [[willow]]s were planted along streets, then [[elm]]s, then [[palm tree]]s, then [[fruit tree]]s in the late 1910s.<ref name=trees2018/> It was the first US city to be designated a City of Trees by the [[Arbor Day Foundation]] in 1978.<ref name=bee2017>{{cite web|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article146038264.html| title='City of Trees' or 'America's Farm-to-Fork Capital'? Water tower uproar reflects Sacramento's changing identity|first=Walter|last= Ko|date= April 24, 2017|website=[[NPR]]}}</ref>

In the early 21st century, the tree cover is well above that of the average tree cover of other major cities in the United States and the rest of the world, with the main species being the [[London plane]]. Other species are being introduced to increase diversity and to help cope with the effects of [[climate change]] on vegetation in the future.<ref name=trees2018>{{cite web | last=White | first=Randol | title=How Did Sacramento Get So Many Trees? | website=capradio.org | date=December 20, 2018 | url=https://www.capradio.org/127934 | access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref> [[Treepedia]], a project run by [[MIT]] using [[Google Maps]]' street-view data to calculate tree coverage in cities, ranked Sacramento the greenest city of 15 studied in the US, and third globally, after [[Vancouver]] and [[Singapore]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Treepedia study confirms Sacramento as City of Trees | website=Sactown Magazine | date=January 25, 2017 | url=https://www.sactownmag.com/made-in-the-shade/ | access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref>

A prominent [[water tower]] bore the slogan "City of Trees" until 2017 when it was repainted with the words "America's Farm-to-Fork Capital" (referring to the [[farm-to-fork]] movement, which promotes the consumption of locally-grown food). After 4,000 displeased citizens signed a petition protesting the change, officials agreed to include both slogans on the water tower.<ref>{{cite web | last=McPhate | first=Mike | title=Sacramento, California's 'City of Trees' | website=Medium | date=February 2, 2018 | url=https://medium.californiasun.co/sacramento-city-of-trees-207ed2a7e05a | access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref>