In this Palo Alto article, George Reno from Davey's Menlo Park office shares advice on how to tackle allergy season by reducing pollen's impact.
In spring, trees leaf out and bloom, bringing fresh greenery across the landscape. For many residents, it also signals the start of allergy season across the Bay Area.
Tree pollen levels typically rise from March through early June, making this one of the most challenging times of the year for allergy sufferers. The yellow dust coating cars often gets the blame, but it’s not always the main culprit.
The visible, powdery pollen that shows up on sidewalks and windshields is often from pine trees. While it may look dramatic, pine pollen is less likely to trigger severe allergies. Instead, it’s the finer, windborne pollen from hardwood trees, like oaks, that tends to cause the most irritation.
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