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RandyJohnsonsBird t1_j9rceng wrote

Root rot

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Stabbymcappleton t1_j9rg6y6 wrote

Totally. Same reason sequoias will start to die or fall over up here. Western WA is too damp. They like the dry soil of The Sierras.

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RandyJohnsonsBird t1_j9rglol wrote

Happens a lot with Doug fir and Hemlock too. And it travels through the soil from tree to tree. The area I live has had it so bad that they attempted to plant a generation of Ponderosa pine to try and filter out the disease.

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Stabbymcappleton t1_j9rm5iz wrote

You can thank Weyerhaeuser for a century of planting monoculture to feed their sawmills.

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