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Losing a Giant

12/19/13. Pacific Horticulture Society published an article about a liquidambar limb failure made especially interesting by the author's telling of the story. Here is the link.
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Quercus kelloggii

California black oak branch failure Photo: K. Jones black oak trunk failure at ground level Photo: J. Benassini black oak trunk failure Photo: J. Benassini black oak high codominant trunk failure Photo: J.
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Stories

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.
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A Big Wind

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.
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Fraxinus velutina 'Modesto'

Modesto ash trunk failure Photo: T. Lindahl Modesto ash trunk failure Photo: R. Van Wijngaarden Modesto ash branch failure Photo: D.
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Liquidambar styraciflua

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.
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Eucalyptus sideroxylon

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.
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Acacia melanoxylon

Blackwood acacia trunk failure Photo: R. Beatty blackwood acacia trunk failure Photo: K.
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Lightning Strike

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.
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Pinus radiata

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.
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