After the flood damage caused by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, many people along the U.S. Gulf Coast will have to make decisions about the trees in their yards: can they be saved through proper tree care, or will they have to be removed? "Trees that have been grown and allowed to evolve in flood plains have developed the means to weather occasional flooding," says Marie Iannotti. But how well the tree will survive "depends on multiple factors." Find out what those factors are in this article on flood damage from About's Gardening Guide, which concludes with some useful tree care tips.