Re: Good Books on California Plant Communities
- Subject: Re: Good Books on California Plant Communities
- From: M* H*
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 11:23:38 -0700
>I do wonder if the greater significance of summer fog
>drip along the coast and the localized summer rainfall
>effect created by trees such as
>Pines/Eucalypts/Redwoods in fog belt areas is a net
>increase of available water within a watershed, rather
>than decrease such as has been documented in the
>Western Cape of South Africa. As far as I know, this
>is not a well researched topic here in California, but
>I am sure someone in the group can prove me wrong, or
>point me in the right direction...>
Hi Glenn--
No real research, but anecdotally, we here is logging country know that as
trees are removed, the water table declines. Here in Mendocino County,
old-timers say that before the very intensive logging of the late 20th
century and the proliferation of vineyards (which also removes valley floor
hardwoods)many of the streams that are now seasonal ran year round. If you
want hard data, you could try the forestry program at UC Berkeley.
Regards--Madelin
Ukiah, CA--behind the Redwood Curtain
