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Annual Meetings

2026 WTFD Regional MeetingThursday January 15, 20269:00AM to 3:30 PMFiloli Center, Woodside CA            
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Become a Cooperator

How to Become a Cooperator (to report a tree that has failed in California, and soon, Hawaii, Nevada and Arizona) It's easy.
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Tree Links

International Society of Arboriculture WCISA: Western Chapter; International Society of Arboriculture ASCA - American Society of Consulting Arborists Forest Pathology and Mycology Laboratory Wood Decay Diagnostic Research Project SelecTree - A Tree Selection System for California (must have image lo...
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WTFD Statistics

1/8/2025 Report Count :6766 Most commonly reported genera : Quercus (1554), Pinus (1132), Eucalyptus (838), Hesperocyparis (348), Acacia (220) Next most commonly reported genera : Fraxinus (211), Ulmus (207), Liquidambar (169), Cedrus (142), Sequoia (131), Pseudotsuga (75), Calocedrus (72), Umbellul...
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Post a Question

Post your comment or question here. Archived questions and answers from the old web site are available.
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Species Profiles and Summaries

Species profiles will be added to this section as they become available. Also, included here are summaries of: Monterey pine, Pinus radiata, data for 1994 and 2010 Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, data for 1995, 1996, 2010 and 2014.
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Contact Information

Larry, Katherine and IgorKatherine Jones CTFRP Database Manager P.O. Box 725 Larkspur CA, 94977-0725 treefail@mac.com Dr. Larry Costello CTFRP Principal Investigator UCCE Horticulture Advisor Emeritus lrcostello@ucanr.edu or larryoracleoak@me.com Dr.
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Archives

Date: Mar 11, 2010 Name: Chester Chesbro Someone told me that municipalities are beginning to systematically remove carobs (ceratonia siliqua) as street trees because they are prone to heart decay and failure. I am looking for confirmation of that.
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Quercus lobata 2013

01/29/14 Valley oak profile from the winter 2013 issue of Western Arborist with thanks to WCISA and Western Arborist Magazine.
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