Rocky Mountain junipers are not uncommon. Hardwoods include green ash, American elm, box elder, and cottonwood.
the depletion of trees
He didn't agree that the trees should be cut down for decorations.
The cause of the loss of chestnut trees were pollution and cutting them for "fuel".
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt declined to have a Christmas tree set up in the White House. I do not think he actually banned them. He was concerned with forest conservation and possibly objected to cutting down trees just to keep them inside for a few weeks.
Possibly Theodore Roosevelt-and family. The Rough Rider was surely a Nature Boy type- instrumental int he founding of several national parks- and by the way, was opposed to Christmas Trees-on environmental grounds. wise man.
It was President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, but it wasn't for religious reasons. President Roosevelt was very passionate about the environment and he worried about too many trees being cut down, so he wouldn't allow a Christmas tree at the White House.
No president had a Christmas tree in the White House for about the first 100 years. The English did not put up Christmas trees and many considered them to be a pagan custom. Christmas trees only gradually became popular in the US. However, Theodore Roosevelt, an early environmentalist, may have refused to put up a Christmas tree even though his children wanted one. The related link gives more .
Theodore Roosevelt agreed with Pinchot's idea that forests should be protected for the public until trees mature into good lumber.
Teddy Roosevelt was an interesting man. He was an ardent environmentalist and actually tried to get people from using Christmas trees because the trees were being used as decorations and not being preserved. As a child he was sick so he made sure he was physically active with hunting, boxing, and camping. He visited Yosemite and made it a national park and saved an elk in the Washington rain forest. I think his family would have made him happy. He had 6 children and a number of pets in the White House. Yet, when his wife and mother died within days of each other it hit him hard. Overall all of the things I have read about him shows him as a positive person.
Theodore Roosevelt did not have a Christmas itree n the White House every year.Whether he was against having one or whether he just did not get around to having one put up is a subject for debate.banded?? tied a band around?Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas trees in the White House.
Theodore W. Daniel has written: 'Principles of silviculture' -- subject- s -: Forest management, Trees, Forests and forestry