Re: Re(2): Sabor tree?
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- Subject: Re: Re(2): Sabor tree?
- From: D* M*
- Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 07:58:46 -0800
on 2/3/00 11:31 PM, Barry Garcia at Barry_Garcia@monterey.edu wrote:
> danm@marmot.net writes:
>> Notable trees in this regard
>> were Pinus radiata (Monterey Pine), Maytenus boaria (mayten)
>
> I dunno, i've seen some very tall P. radiatas in my hometown. The tallest
> ones i've seen in my neighborhood looked to be about 100 feet tall. They
> had to be cut down because they caught pitch canker fungus.
>
> I also seen some fairly tall Maytens here (two were about 40 feet high).
As far as the Monterey pines go, probably the biggest differences in growth
pattern are the crotch angles, bushiness, and needle color. In Chile, the
radiatas are upright, single trunked trees with narrow-angled crotches and
medium green needles. Often you could see through the tree. Here in
northern California, Monterey pines are stouter, sometimes with multiple
leaders, with broader spreading limbs and darker green needles. Often, you
can't see through the tree, and the ends of the branches remind me of green
bottlebrush (the cleaning implement, not the plant!)
30 to 40 year old trees in Northern California. For instance, on Interstate
280 in Daly City and Highway 1 in Santa Cruz have a irregular roundish shape
that's slowly changing into pyramidal. Chilean Monterey pines in youth are
quite narrow and conical.
Dan
San Jose, CA
