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eli 5?

conifers - cone firs - evergreens?

broad leaves - like maple?

darth sidious - killed plagious?

I think you got it

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They're also less vulnerable to parasites, fungi, and other diseases than a monoculture, because the greater distance between trees of the same species makes it harder for contagion to spread.

If your city has an urban forester and you ever hear them recommend fewer than four species as "perfect trees to plant," campaign to get them fired and replaced by someone who actually knows how to do their job.

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Conifers also are much more useptable to pollution which is why they are rarely planted in urban enviroments to begin with. They capture the particle pollution, and then die from it.

Remove parking spaces, put trees there instead.