The lone Lorax tree in Scripps Park, La Jolla. Courtesy of San Diego Tourism In Scripps Park, near where Dr. Seuss lived in La Jolla, a lone Lorax tree stands in the sun. OK, so Lorax trees aren ...

The tree is more than an imposing plant — it inspired an important story by celebrated children's author Dr. Seuss ... CBS News has reached out to the San Diego Parks and Recreation Department ...

San Diego city leaders may soon be following advice from "The Lorax" to replace a recently toppled tree that some believe was the inspiration for fictional Truffula trees from the Dr. Seuss book.

“I speak for the trees,” Dr. Seuss’ Lorax cried ... The lone tree stood in San Diego’s Ellen Browning Scripps Park. Seuss reportedly could spot it from his home — leaf to bark.

“Which way does a tree fall?” asked the titular creature in Dr. Seuss’ 1971 book “The ... June 13. The City of San Diego’s arborist took samples to determine an official cause of death.

The real-life Truffula Tree is no more. A Monterey cypress in San Diego's La Jolla area, long thought to be the inspiration for Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, fell down last Friday after standing tall ...

In what may be seen as an ominous omen of our times, the tree that is believed to have inspired the truffula trees in Dr. Seuss’ eco ... to the visiting child. San Diego city spokesman Timothy ...

Now, the tree that locals say inspired "The Lorax" is gone forever, and why it's gone is a mystery, Tim Graham, a spokesman for the San Diego Parks and Recreation Department, told USA TODAY.

San Diego city leaders may soon be following advice from "The Lorax" to replace a recently toppled tree that some believe was the inspiration for fictional Truffula trees from the Dr. Seuss book.

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — A century-old tree with a long trunk and bushy branches that some believe was the inspiration for fictional Truffula trees in Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” has fallen in a ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A century-old tree with a long trunk and bushy branches that some believe was the inspiration for fictional Truffula trees in Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax" has fallen in a coastal San ...