Acacias and wind.
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Acacias and wind.
- From: M* B*
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:58:08 -0800
David is quite right in all he has to say in his post of wind and
Eucalyptus.
However the worst culprit in Berkeley/Oakland is my beloved Acacia
stenophylla. Marcia Donahue suffered severe wind damage in the flats
of
So. Berkeley some years ago including her A. stenophylla literally blown
off its trunk a bit above groundlevel.
In a much later wind storm I found my A.s. 150 yards away, Though
guyed and planted quite small it never developed a secure root system
and the tree was literally blown out of the ground.
It's really too bad for I love this tree. Eucalyptus nicholii is
notorious
for wind damage losing small and large branches. I've started using
Pittosporum phillyraeoides in place of the acacia and several long
willowy
Eucs. It's slow coastally but roots like a tiger and I adore the
yellow jelly
beans which are its fruit.
Michael Barclay
AGW
operatic@earthlink.net
