- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The oak is a common symbol of strength and endurance, but some of the majestic trees in California are buckling under the pressure of urbanization, reported the Sacramento Bee this week.
The Bee's feature about the care and feeding of California native oaks was centered around the new UC publication "Oaks in the Urban Landscape," written by retired UC Cooperative Extension environmental horticulture advisor Laurence Costello, and co-authors Bruce Hagen and Katherine Jones. The 265-page book is available in the UC ANR...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
As if life weren’t difficult enough for California’s majestic oaks, they now face a brand new adversary. Already burdened by drought, wildfires, firewood harvesting and Sudden Oak Death, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported in December that goldspotted oak borer hitchhiked from Arizona or Mexico a few years ago and is now attacking Southern California oaks.
It was identified in the Golden State in 2006 and to date has besieged coast live oak, California black oak and canyon live oak, according to an article in the December 2009 issue of UC's Oaks 'n' Folks...