Western Tree Failure Database/California Tree Failure Report Program

Branch failures by month

The database (September, 2011) contains 1878 reports of branch failures for which a date is recorded. Eight genera have 87 or more branch failure reports. The following table lists the percentage of failures that occurred for each genus for the periods May-October and November-April.

May-OctNov-AprNumber of reports
Cedrus60%40%87
Cupressus21%79%222
Eucalyptus38%62%293
Fraxinus62%38%124
Liquidambar67%33%92
Pinus51%49%287
Quercus60%40%297
Ulmus67%33%100