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November 8, 2012,

 

Hello Urban Forestry Friends,

Here's what's happening in urban and community forestry:

New disease threatens citrus trees:
Huanglongbing Disease



A new bug from Florida is a risk to Californian citrus trees.
It showed up for the first time in Southern California in January of this year and now we need to be on the lookout state-wide.

The insect responsible is the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) with active bacterium. A toxin may be released in saliva transfer process
when the bug sucks on sap.

The prognosis: Infected trees will all stop producing fruit within five years of being infected and will die early.


Signs include:

  • Small, yellow-orange, almond-shaped eggs, which are laid at the tips of shoots or among as-yet-unfolded leaves
  • Leaves with yellow blotches with the yellowing crosses leaf veins
  • Asymmetrically developed fruit- one side smaller than the other
  • Fruit that ripens poorly; remains greenish; not juicy, and what little juice it has tastes bitter

If you think you have an infected tree, call the CDFA Exotic Pest Hotline, (800) 491-1899. A county official will then come to collect the specimen and inspect the tree.
 
Click here for more details on the disease including photos, species at risk and what you can do.

 

Urban Forests & Climate Change



In the Wake of Hurricane Sandy, there was a lot of news about damage that trees caused, but we should also consider that urban forests can provide much benefits to the community in terms of mitigating the effects of climate change impacts and especially in storm management—

Trees help by:

  • Improving water quality by minimizing erosion;
  • Slowing the flow of precipitation;
  • Minimizing flooding during heavy rain events;
  • Cleaning polluted water;
  • Click here to read more.

Plus, such events remind us of the importance proper tree maintenance can play. Click here to read an article on how tree pruning may have helped mitigate some damage from destructive Superstorm Sandy

 

How does nature make you feel?
Probably a bit Bi-oh-feel-ee-ya!



You know how you just feel good when you’re out in nature?
Well, there is an actual term for this feeling:
Biophilia  (pronounced Bi-oh-feel-ee-ya).
And its not just a funny word –it  means  love of living cycles, or, nature.
 
If fact the “biophilia hypothesis” (introduced in the 80's by respected scientist E.O Wilson) suggests that there is an innate affiliation of human beings to other living organisms, both flora and fauna, and perhaps even an innate bond with nature more generally.
People want and need nature.
 
That’s why our work as urban forestry professionals is so important in creating and maintaining spaces where people can get away from technology and spend more time in natural places - urban parks, greenways, farms, river trails.
 
Click here for a three part series on Biophilia


 

 

Call out for Tree & Signage Imagery

Do you have a great photo of trees and business signage co-existing and doing a good job? Or a before and after where the tree was causing a problem and now it works?

We would love to include it in an upcoming blog for the Invest From the Ground Up campaign. We will of course provide proper photo attribution.

Please email it to InvestInTrees@caufc.org
We'd really appreciate it!


Thanks for all you do in support of urban forests!

Sonali Shah
Communications and Outreach Manager
California Urban Forest Council

 

 

 

 

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