FW: Pistacia terebinthus in California?

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Hi Bob,
 
I've wondered myself why P. terebinthus is so rare here. I've seen one very small plant at the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek. It was about a meter high. Pistachios are grown in the Central Valley (around Fresno, I think), and Chinese Pistache is in the running for Most Commonly Planted Street Tree, but the terebinth tree has been left out. Could it harbor diseases that could harm the pistachio crop?
 
Cheryl 
Santa Clara, CA
 
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Hi,
 
I have a friend who is trying a recipe that uses the berries of Terebinth tree, Pistacia terebinthus. It's a very common tree in Turkey, and as it's so drought tolerant I expected it would be fairly common in California, but I can't find any mention of it in any online catalogues I've searched. That leads me to wonder if it's an invasive there?

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