A shade tree is any tree grown specifically for its shade. This term usually applies to large trees with spreading canopies. Shade trees are effective in reducing the energy used in cooling homes.
Some of the most popular shade trees in temperate countries are oaks, maples, ashes, lindens, and elms.
In tropical countries trees such as the African tulip tree, Hopea odorata and some Erythrina species are often planted as a shade trees.
Read more about Shade Tree: Planting
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“Leaves of the summer, lovely summer’s pride,
Sweet is the shade below your silent tree,”
—William Barnes (1801–1886)
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O Karl would it were true
I’d put my saw to work for you
& the wicked social tree would fall right down.”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)