Aleppo Pine probably
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non-native
Pinus halepensis
Pinus halepensis
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I have found three of these small trees in the park. The smaller two I haven't seen for a while. They were surrounded by poison oak most of the year and I could only pick them out when the poison oak lost its leaves. But for the last couple of years I just couldn't find them. The larger one continues to grow and hopefully will make it into a full-fledged tree. (See update towards the end of the page.)
| One of the smaller trees. |
| The other small tree. |
| One branch died off but it didn't seem to spread to the the rest of the tree. |
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On 9 Jul 2018, I went to check on the pine tree. As I approached it, I saw a lot of other debris piled up there (manzanita branches, I think) and no pine. And as I got next to the pine, I saw that it was on the ground and all brown. But it wasn't that it had been crushed by the other debris--it had been sawn off at the ground! I was so mad! The little pine is not native to here, but then, a whole lot of the other plants are not native either! Grrrrrr! |
