The San Fernando Valley is a well-canopied part of the City's urban forest. There are hundreds of tree species in the street tree population alone. Perhaps one of the most majestic species is the Deodar Cedar. These coniferous evergreens may reach heights of eighty feet or more and spread forty to fifty feet at the base. They are native to the Himalaya Mountains but thrive in the Southern California climate.

In the early 1930's, a ranch agriculture superintendent recommended planting Deodar Cedars on White Oak Avenue from Devonshire Street north. Fast growers, the street soon became known as Christmas Tree Lane . The trees remain and extend from Devonshire Street to the Ronald Reagan Freeway.

They were and remain a very representative group of the species in the City as they nearly touch from side-to-side on the street. This is truly a deserved inclusion on the City's Historic Cultural Monument list.