Sydney turns over a new leaf and says goodbye to much-maligned plane trees

Trees once described as about as much use to our wildlife as concrete posts' to gradually be phased out in favour of more drought-tolerant plants

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The City of Sydney has said it will gradually phase out the use of plane trees across the streets of the city.

Plane trees, which account for almost 10% of the street and park trees across the whole City of Sydney but are the dominant species in some areas, have had their fair share of critics over the years.

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