Thread: Sudden Oak Death

Just read a report (USA Today) on a disease affecting (killing)several species of oak, madrone and some redwoods in Northern California. Also has been found 100 miles inland. There were saying that Dutch Elm disease and the Chestnut blight started as localized infestations. Anybody heard about this?

Mike,

Hope that your wrong. But wouldnt surprise me. I havent heard anything about it though.

Oak death is a big problen in Marin and Sonoma Counties in California. Check out this web site: http://cesonoma.ucdavis.edu/sod/index2.html

Another good link:

www.suddenoakdeath.org

This has been going on for a few years now. Everyone is crossing their fingers that this will stay in California.

I've got several dead oaks on my place from the droughty conditions we've had here the last few summers. They're being used for firewood and not going to waste, but it's still kind of sickening to watch em die.

uh oh. man if something killed my oaks,id be really ticked.
hope that stuff dont come this way.
oak suppose to last for ever. my granddad planted one tree for each of his children[7] way way back.there awsome trees now.