Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 17, Issue 1 – February 2001 As reported in two previous issues of Oaks ’n’ Folks (August 1999 and March 2000), a new type of mortality in tanoaks (Lithocarpus densiflorus) was first observed in Marin
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UC Response to Tanoak Sudden Death/Live Oak Mortality
Oaks ‘n Folks – Volume 15, Issue 1 – March 2000 The University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) awarded $47,000 in temporary funds to the Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program (IHRMP) to address the widespread concerns
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 14, Issue 2 – August 1999 Tanoak (Liuthocarpus densiflorus)and coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia)distribution stretches more than 1,500 miles along the California and Oregon coasts. Coastal forests are not monocultures but rather full grown islands
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 13, Issue 1 – February, 1998 The fall of 1997 was a lean season for acorns in many parts of California.To make matters worse, some oak planters have noticed high levels of disease or insect
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 11, Issue 2 – September, 1996 This summer, many people up and down the Coast, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, have noticed a sticky residue under their oak trees, as if the oaks
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 10, Issue 1 – April 1995 Vole predation on oaks can be a major problem. A few years ago researchers wrote in these pages (Oaks ‘n’ Folks, Oct. 1988) an article titled “Valley Oak Regeneration:
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 9, Issue 1 – April 1994 Introduction In spite of abundant rainfall in the winter and spring of last year, the foliage of many oaks in the Sacramento Valley developed a brown appearance in 1993
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 6, Issue 3 – December 1991 Introduction The average stand age of Engelmann Oak (Quercus engelmannii Greene) on the Santa Rosa Plateau, Riverside County, California, is 80-130 years, with trees older than this being less frequent
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 6, Issue 2 – July 1991 Introduction Two of the most common acorn-boring insects found in the San Francisco Bay area are larvae of the filbert weevil, Curculio occidentis, and the filbertworm, Melissopus latiferreanus. Damage to acorn crops by
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 6, Issue 1 – April 1991 Introduction Plantings of blue and valley oaks, both acorns and nursery stock, face several problems that threaten survival. Weed control may be one of the most important of these.
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