What Street Trees Shall We Plant on Mars?

Peter Miles
6 min readJul 22, 2020

Many years will pass before we are able to grow street trees on Mars, if ever. This article is for entertainment and to find out what trees readers would like to see in Mars habitats.

Planting street trees from our home planet in the first settlement on the new world of Mars will surely provide a psychological benefit to the new Martian population. Trees will provide a contrast to the built structures needed to protect people and to the surrounding rocky but beautiful Mars landscape, they will give a leafy aspect in the Mars city streets and may give a…

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Peter Miles

45 years in Environmental Science, B.Env.Sc. in Wildlife & Conservation Biology. Writes on Animals, Plants, Soil & Climate Change. environmentalsciencepro.com