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Oregon heat and drought stress on forests.


Chester B

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It’s an interesting read and backs up my own anecdotal observations/conclusions. It’s common to see more dead and dying native conifers each year. Also many of the trees commonly planted in the east or areas with regular rainfall suffer through our summers. 
 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna59671

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It sucks seeing all of the dead trees.  Hopefully a pattern change to get some of that much needed moisture back in the ground out west.

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On 12/11/2022 at 11:08 AM, Chester B said:

It’s an interesting read and backs up my own anecdotal observations/conclusions. It’s common to see more dead and dying native conifers each year. Also many of the trees commonly planted in the east or areas with regular rainfall suffer through our summers. 
 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna59671

Know some of the Oaks from this corner of the world seem to perform well up there but, anyone up your way trialing Digger or Coulter Pines?  ..or any Pinus sp. from the mountains along the AZ / Mex. border/ N. Mex.. ( Apache, Chihuahuan, Yecora, P. oocarpa ) Wonder if they'd laugh at the drier ( ..though still wetter than in a lot of CA, or in the mountains here -most years, -for now ) and more chaotic seasonal conditions compared to some of the local sp. having trouble w/ the hotter summers / less stable overall weather..

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55 minutes ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Know some of the Oaks from this corner of the world seem to perform well up there but, anyone up your way trialing Digger or Coulter Pines?  ..or any Pinus sp. from the mountains along the AZ / Mex. border/ N. Mex.. ( Apache, Chihuahuan, Yecora, P. oocarpa ) Wonder if they'd laugh at the drier ( ..though still wetter than in a lot of CA, or in the mountains here -most years, -for now ) and more chaotic seasonal conditions compared to some of the local sp. having trouble w/ the hotter summers / less stable overall weather..

We fortunately have access to many of the live oak species found south of us and they perform well here.  As far as unusual or uncommon conifers go the focus is more on ones you’d find in Japanese style gardens. We can occasionally find some of the pines from further south but I don’t think there is much enthusiasm around them. 
 

Not sure if you have them down your way but I am now commonly seeing the Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Wissel’s Saguaro’. It’s the only saguaro we can grow here unprotected!

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Lol, Not that particular form, but remember encountering a few growing up in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and thinking there were some in yards around San Jose.  Pretty sure they'd croak here at the first hint of heat.  Might do ok up on top of Mt. Lemmon / around Flagstaff / in the mountains east of here though. 

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