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PEBMAGULTUHE Coastal redwood, sequoia replace ast week’s column dis- cussed the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive’s project to transplant clones of genetically superior giant se— quoias and coast red- ‘ woods around Puget Sound. Branch tips Fortunately, according to Michael Dolan of Onalaska’s Burnt Ridge Nursery, giant sequoia and coast redwood will establish even in part shade. Giant sequoia (Se- quoia sempervirens) was once so valued of millennia—old trees for lumber that today have been painstak- only 176 square miles ineg rooted in a lab to of old—growth forest start new trees, and exist, much of which these are being dis- is in patches. Without tributed throughout contiguity old-growth Western Washington. forest is like Microne- The thinking By ALEX sia: endangered tiny behind this orbits FETHIERE islands isolated by climate change and carbon sequestration. If, as some scientists anticipate, the Douglas fir will eventually find this region in: hospitable, other trees of sirni— lar value must take its place. Assuming that regions continue to warm and suffer anomalous weather patterns, a northward migration of tree species and their symbionts is inevitable. Entire arrays of interrelated species might be moving up here. Some grumble about the humans who were first in this exodus. Californian conditions that used to favor the giant se- quoia and coast redwood have changed, just as our circum- stances for the Douglas fir are in flux. , In hedging our bets we have to ask what use these trees have, and what will ease their transition into a new home. Serving you rising seas. Prosperity and diversity in such an imperiled archi- pelago is almost impossible. Giant sequoia is able to re- generate and self—propagate so ' as to maintain stands of itself, possibly creating the founda— tions of a new old-growth for- est. Ifcarbon sequestration is your aim, plantations of giant sequoia are the world’s most ef- ficient, according to a study by Humboldt State University and the University of Washington. This paper also found that “in wet, nutrient-rich habitats, old-growth sequoia forests yield more decay-resistant heart- wood annually than any other vegetation.” If you’re planning , to timber it, growing it in plan- tations with unlimited water and nutrients yields, unsurpris- ingly, “maximum wood produc- tion.” Unfortunately, this use of V Same Day lllmorgoncy Aplmintiuonts Pain li‘roo lbntistry Experts In Helping You Maximize Insuranm Benefits Easy Financing Options roiling Appointment in two locations: Marlin Meharry, DDS Thomas Duffy, DDS 1525 Olympic llwy North (360) 426-9711 New ‘ Douglas fir Don't let your unused dental benefits go to 'waste. Be sure to schedule lu’al'oro the and of the your. This was the second of the first two coast redwoods planted at Ocean Mountain Ranch on a remote hill- side south of Port Orford, Oregon, in 2012. Photo courtesy of Archangel Ancient Tree Archive these trees outside of regenera- tive forestry is economically and logistically speculative. Redwoods show promise for CLT (cross—laminated timber) and both trees have excellent decay resistance, but they don’t develop such resistance until they’re too old to interest log- gers. Mixing sequoia in with exist- ing stands of Doug fir is a good idea because the heartwood of sequoia resists decay for cen- turies and supports a range of symbionts, like hemlocks or evergreen huckleberries sprout— ing fiom pockets of decay in it —- much as the latter does from Western red cedar. ‘ Burnt Ridge’s Dolan ob- serves that the decay resistance of both trees, as with Western red cedar, develops only beyond the growth cycles used by the logging industry. Ifquick-yield rot-resistant wood is your aim, chestnuts are the best choice. We’ll return to them later. Leaving a few giant sequoia in a stand of timbering trees provides a refuge for canopy biota that help the develop- ment of your next generation’s trees of interest. Happy critters might seem more Disney than practical, but consider that truf- fles growing in stands of Doug- las fir improve growth rates and timber quality and that ‘ as Dreaming Up the Ideal Retirement Is Your Job. Helping You Get There Is Ours. Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 — Shelton-Mason County Journal Page A—7 they are propagated by forest rodents. Never mind that these truffles are inherently valuable if you can find them! Speaking of fungal associa- tions that benefit trees, there are formulae of myco'rrhizal in- oculants that can be applied to provide the networks that help trees find water, obtain nutri- ents and possibly even com- municate. Ifthese take to their environment, they improve establishment and growth of trees, but this is controversial. For now, suffice to say that Don Smith, volunteer at Arch- angel in Michigan, claims excel- lent results establishing giant sequoia and coast redwood with Great White’s catchily-named “PRPSGW04 100049823” My- corrhizae. Good thing we’d be ordering that online and not asking for it in stores. I will be using these trees to add diversity to distributions of big-leaf maple, Douglas fir, Western red cedar and hem- lock. Since my plan includes oaks andchestnuts, these tow- ering trees must be carefully placed. To volunteer for planting contact Archangel Ancient Tree Archive on Facebook or email Dave Pearsall at lowerpugetsound@comcast.net. I Alex Fe’thie‘re 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 0nlandist@gmail.com. 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