In ironic and sad news, the tree thought to have inspired Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax has fallen. The cypress, located in San Diego’s Ellen Browning Scripps Park, was visible to Dr. Seuss from his nearby home and is widely believed to have inspired him to write his famous work The Lorax.
The cause of the tree’s death is not known, as it was considered healthy. “We did have a very wet winter,” said Tim Graham of the San Diego Parks and Recreation Department, “so we’re looking at the soil to see if that may have been a factor.”
