Re: Quercus agrifolia and leaf drop.
- Subject: Re: Quercus agrifolia and leaf drop.
- From: david feix d*@yahoo.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 03:50:33 -0700 (PDT)
I would suggest that you look to see if there are any
oak leaf caterpillers active on these bare trees.
Often you can tell there presence if there are lots of
their droppings underfoot, or you can often see them
hanging from the trees.
--- Doobieous <doobieous@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was traveling though Carmel Valley today and
> noticed
> that at the main part of the valley, along the
> roadside, most of the oaks seemed to be entirely
> bare
> of leaves, as if they had gone deciduous, instead of
> evergreen like they normally are. I noticed that
> further down the valley, the oaks all had their
> leaves. I also saw a similar phenomenon on oaks
> around
> Ft. Ord. There's even a few trees on a nearby street
> that look like they've defoliated. Granted, these
> were
> growing mostly wild before the house property they
> sit
> on was developed, but the houses have been there for
> at least 8 years and suddenly i see them leafless.
>
> I might not have paid attention to them before, but
> i
> dont recall ever seeing them like this. The only
> trees
> entirely deciduous right now are the buckeyes, but
> going deciduous for them by late summer is normal.
> Any
> ideas if this is normal for this species?
>
>
>
>
> Barry Garcia
> USDA: 9
> Sunset: 17
> Marina, CA
> North, Central, Coastal California.
>
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