University of California
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-Oct | Nov-Apr | Number of reports | |
Cedrus | 60% | 40% | 87 |
Cupressus | 21% | 79% | 222 |
Eucalyptus | 38% | 62% | 293 |
Fraxinus | 62% | 38% | 124 |
Liquidambar | 67% | 33% | 92 |
Pinus | 51% | 49% | 287 |
Quercus | 60% | 40% | 297 |
Ulmus | 67% | 33% | 100 |