Although an import to the area, the South African coral tree (
Erythrina caffra) has been the official tree of the City of Los Angeles since Arbor Day, 1966 and one of the best places to see it in L.A. is along San Vicente Boulevard between 26th Street and Brigham Avenue, in the Brentwood Park section of Brentwood. This stretch of coral trees along the median, where the Red Line trolley once ran, was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1976 and is funded and maintained by the Brentwood Community Council.
Along San Vicente Boulevard between 26th Street and Brigham Avenue, a stretch of coral trees along the median, where the Red Line trolley once ran, was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1976. | Sandi Hemmerlein