I hope people in Tagaytay City would stop planting the cook pine tree which is a non-native species. I hope they instead plant Pinus Merkusii or Sumatran Pine tree instead which is also non-native to Tagaytay but native to a few Mountains of the Philippines.
We need to plant more native plant species because it supports the natural ecology of the Philippines. In the long-term and species preservation, planting native species is more economical.
