Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Stabbymcappleton t1_j9rg6y6 wrote

Reply to comment by RandyJohnsonsBird in My favorite tree as a child was blown over in our windstorm, an old spruce that we climbed many times.. by RippingLegos

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.

4

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.

3

Stabbymcappleton t1_j9rm5iz wrote

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

5