The Norway Maple Tree

So I chose this tree, because not only is it in front of my house and I have to see it every day, but it is one of the most popular street trees in Chicago.  The Norway tree or Acer Plantanoides is native to eastern and central Europe and southwest Asia, from France east to Russia, north to southern Scandinavia and southeast to northern Iran.  It can grow as tall as 60-70ft and the trunk as wide as 3ft.  The bark has a grey/brown color with shallow groves.  Although I am not sure how this tree got planted here, but I could assume that it was around the same time they began the development of the street.  Most of the trees adjacent to this one, are all about the same height, this would mean, they were planted around the same time.  Most of the trees on my street are Norway Maple, but there are also other types of maple trees. 
It is favoured due to its tall trunk and tolerance of poor, compacted soils and urban pollution. 
The Asian long-horned beetle can eat through the trunk and can kill these trees.
 Norway Maple is generally free of serious diseases, though can be attacked by the some types of mildew.  The wood is hard, yellowish-white to pale reddish, with the heartwood not distinct; it is used for furniture and turnery.  In this particular tree, there are many squirrel nests, but I've not seen any bird nests.  I've seen different types of birds landing on the tree, but none seem to stay for too long.  The leaves on the Norway maple, are the last ones to change in color.  They begin to change color in late November to a bright yellow.  I was surprised to see that this tree is did not seem to have any scars on the trunk.  The city does come every year, to trim the branches, which does not appear to hurt the tree.  These trees along with other trees, have many benefits to our environment.  They improve our air quality,  they provide for wild habitat, increase property value, it beautifies our streets, give good shade (which help us on a very hot day, when we try to hide from the sun), storm water attenuation, among other things.  If these trees along with other trees continue to get cut down, our environment will lack all of these things.  Action should be taken when trees get cut down.  We should have a law that says, that if we cut a tree, we must plant another.  Trees are needed for our environment in order be able to sustain all of the problems that the human population has introduced into the environment like air pollution.