eastern redcedar does very well in dry rock soil.
It is in family Juniperus. Depending on which cedar you are talking about in the west, it might be a Thuja (often called western red cedar), Calocedrus, or Chamaecyparis.
We actually been in drought conditions for the past 10 years in Ontario with the past 3 years having been extra hot and dry Summers.Red cedars on west coast are struggling in many locations. Small drop in water table at a given location, along with hotter than usual summers and the shallow root cedars are first to struggle - once they get stressed, signs of bug start showing up. Deep root firs on the other hand, seem to be holding up ok as they have long tap roots and can handle changes in water table better.
If soil is rocky or very fast draining in your slope location, even with normal rain, soil might not be holding enough moisture to get them through a long summer, which stresses trees and can make them more susceptible to disease.
We actually been in drought conditions for the past 10 years in Ontario with the past 3 years having been extra hot and dry Summers.
Lake levels dropped huge end of last Summer too.
Phomopsis blight on upright (columnar) juniper.
Trees are listing, most likely planted too deep which would be the initial stressor.
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