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PEBMAGULTURE
On the shoulders of giants
diseases such as lam-
inated root rot have
been affecting timberlands
with increasing severity.
Similar keystone trees are
under different threats to the
south. These anticipated plan-
etary changes are accelerating
the incineration of California
and southern Oregon, as read-
ers-with lungs can attest. The
record-breaking fires of 2020
further jeopardized the al-
ready vulnerable giant sequoia
and coast redwood populations
of that region.
Michigan’s Archangel An-
cient Tree Archive discovers,
propagates and orchestrates
planting of the world’s most
genetically robust individual
trees. For 17 years, they have
been planting giant sequoias
and coast redwoods in West-‘
ern Washington. Their work
includes producing and trans-
planting clones of 3,000 to
4,000-year-old giant sequoias
and coast redwoods. ,
Once deemed scientifically
impossible, this is a labor of
love with an initial success
T.—
FETHIERE
he Douglas rate of 3% to 4%.
I firs that have Their Copemish,
defined our Michigan, lab jokes
region’s ecology and that propagation is
economy for centu- the art of not killing
ries are projected a plant the same way
to disappear from twice.
, Cascadia, according Trees that have
to research forest- outlived the glory of
ers applying climate By ALEX China, Greece and
modeling. Fungal Rome are likeliest to
» . thrive in a shifting
climate. One redwood
that Archangel clones from
is the Fieldbrook coast red-
wood, 7 miles north northeast
of Arcata, California. It was
109 feet in circumference at
its base before it was felled
in 1890. Legend has it that
this was to satisfy a drunken
wager whether one slice of the
tree could seat 40 guests.
The giant sequoias Archan-
gel is offering for transplant
around Puget Sound come
from either the Amos Alonzo
\ Stagg or the Waterfall trees.
These Tulare County, Cali-
fornia, trees are around 3,000
years old and are among the
largest in the world —— at
155 feet, the Waterfall is the
world’s largest sequoia by
girth. "
This mission brings the
best forest genetics to a region
that has become even more
hospitable to them than their
home range. The rainwater
and coastal fog that used to
succor the redwoods is becom—
ing scarcer down south, and
as such these trees will thrive
anywhere that Western red
cedar enjoys. ,
Puget Sound communities
from Olympia up to Everett
have planted 350 coast red-
woods from Archangel, at a
70% survival rate. Last Sun-
day, over 20 trees were dis-
tributed to several residents
of Harstine Island. I will be
planting my coast redwoods
and giant-sequoias before New
Year’s, and Archangel will be
holding another giveaway in
the first week of January.
Peninsular planting of coast
redwoods has still deeper roots
than Archangel’s projects. In
the 1970s, around 1,100 coast-
al redwood seedlings were
planted at the Seabeck Con-
ference Center and currently
are colonizing the area. Their
. understory includes big-leaf
maples and sword ferns, and
they grow well with Western
red cedar.
' Because they produce a
, sawlog in one-third the time
it takes cedar to do so, it is
supposed that redwoods may
become a valuable timber-
ing resource in our region.
Carpentry, lumber, furniture,
siding, shingles, sheathing and
fence posts are among the uses
for this beautiful, rot-resistant
wood. I won’t be doing any of
that with Archangel’s cham—
pion trees.
California’s native compan-
ions for redwoods include coast
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This coastal redwood, rooted from branch tips on a millen-
nia-old tree, is pushing out of its jar. Scientists once called
such propagation for these trees impossible. Photo cour—
Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page A—7
tesy of Archangel Ancient Tree Archive
live oak, California buckeye
and elderberry. Adjustingfor
Puget Sound, I will be plant-
ing mine with Garry oaks,
Ashworth bur oaks, existing
big-leaf maple, and wild and
select cultivars of blue elder;
berry.
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I Alex Féthiére has lived on
Harstine Island long enough
to forget New York City, where
he built community gardens
and double-dug his suburban
sod into a victory garden. He
can be reached at onlandist@
gmail.com.
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