Oaks ’n’ Folks – Volume 19, Issue 1 – February 2003 On December 17 and 18, a Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium was held in Monterey. This Conference was sponsored by the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station and
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Blue Oaks Grow Slowly
Age analysis of Quercus douglasii , or blue oak, shows that, in general, blue oaks grow very slowly. On average, trees that were 7 inches in diameter were 100 years old. Although growth was slightly faster than this in some locations, even at the best site, it took an average of ten years for a tree to grow each inch in thickness.
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Oaks ’n’ Folks – Volume 12, Issue 2 – September, 1997 Hardwood rangelands comprise approximately nine million acres- just under 10% of the total land area-in California. In contrast to higher elevation coniferous forests which are often publicly owned, about
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 13, Issue 2 – August, 1998 BERKELEY – This summer, people living in the Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges have reported seeing the leaves on California black oaks coveredwith brown spots, curling at the edges
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 6, Issue 1 – April 1991 Introduction With springtime upon us it appears that the 1990-1991 rainfall levels will be far below normal in much of California in spite of the heavy March rains. Coupled
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 5, Issue 1 – June, 1990 Introduction In the middle of February, a cold arctic storm swept through California, dumping record amounts of snow in the Northern California Sierra Foothills. Low elevation areas that may
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Oaks ‘n’ Folks – Volume 2, Issue 2 – November, 1987 Introduction During August 1987, an unusual phenomenon occurred in California. Many oak trees began turning brown and started dropping their leaves. While most of the trees affected were deciduous
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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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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 9, Issue 2 – September 1994 Introduction During the past seven years, over a dozen oak field trials have been established at the Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center (SFREC). While we have discovered numerous
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