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This is the page for stories! Let us know if you have a story to tell. For example: A story describing the failure of a remarkable tree from Uncle Oak: the Giant of Palomar Mountain" by Joseph Wasyl in International Oaks; the Journal of the International Oak Society, Spring 2011.
On February 19, 1993 at 5:00 AM a big wind blew through the city of Davis. Lots of trees were damaged and CTFRP received reports on 13 root failures. They were all Moraine ash, Fraxinus holotrichia 'Moraine'. The wind was strong and gusty and blew from an atypical direction.
American sweet gum branch failure Photo: M.Burdzinski American sweet gum branch failure Photo: R. Loucks American sweet gum branch failure Photo: S. Batchelder American sweet gum trunk failure Photo: R.
red iron bark trunk failure Photo: E. Dann Red iron bark branch failure Photo: R. Loucks red iron bark branch failure Photo: M. Camfield red iron bark root failure Photo: A. Butcher red iron bark root failure Photo: J.
9/17/89 redwood hit by lightning Photo: M. Mahoney Lightning rarely strikes the north and central coast of California, but on September 19, 1989 in a strong electrical storm where 2.
Monterey pine root failure Photo: S. Morton Monterey pine root failure in progress Photo: C. Duperrault Monterey pine trunk failure at ground level Photo: M. Mahoney Monterey pine branch failure Photo: L. Costello Monterey pine branch failure Photo: E.
Douglas fir root failure Photo: P. Leblanc Douglas fir root failure Photo: J. Severdia Douglas fir trunk failure Photo: R. Edberg Douglas fir branch failure Photo: J.
deodar cedar root failure Photo: D. Ellis deodar cedar high codominant trunk failure Photo: R. Elefant deodar cedar branch failure Photo: R. Morneau deodar cedar branch failure Photo: E. Slowik deodar cedar branch failure Photo: R.
