2004. Port Orford cedar interpretive sign. Myrtle Point, Oregon.
Sign reads: "In front of you is a Port-Orford cedar. This species is native to our area and is renowned for its attractive appearance and highly valued wood. It has a very limited range with its greatest concentration in southern Coos County. POC can attain heights in excess of 200 feet and diameters of 3 to 6 feet. Pictures in the adjacent Coos County Logging Museum show Port-Orford cedar being milled into battery separators. Since 1952, an introduced root disease [Phytophthora lateralis] that spreads in mud and moist soil has been killing Port-Orford cedar trees. Please help protect this tree by not walking on the ground above its root system." Myrtle Point, Oregon.
Photo by: Richard Sniezko
Date: May 6, 2004
Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, Umpqua National Forest, Dorena Genetic Resource Center.
Source: DRGC digital photo collection; courtesy Richard Sniezko, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
Dorena Genetic Resource Center (DGRC) is the USDA Forest Service's regional service center for genetics in the Pacific Northwest Region. Dorena houses disease resistance breeding programs for five-needled pines and Port-Orford-cedar, a native plant development program, and the National Tree Climbing Program. For additional photos of the DGRC program, see: www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/landmanagement/resourcemanageme...
Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
2004. Port Orford cedar interpretive sign. Myrtle Point, Oregon.
Sign reads: "In front of you is a Port-Orford cedar. This species is native to our area and is renowned for its attractive appearance and highly valued wood. It has a very limited range with its greatest concentration in southern Coos County. POC can attain heights in excess of 200 feet and diameters of 3 to 6 feet. Pictures in the adjacent Coos County Logging Museum show Port-Orford cedar being milled into battery separators. Since 1952, an introduced root disease [Phytophthora lateralis] that spreads in mud and moist soil has been killing Port-Orford cedar trees. Please help protect this tree by not walking on the ground above its root system." Myrtle Point, Oregon.
Photo by: Richard Sniezko
Date: May 6, 2004
Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, Umpqua National Forest, Dorena Genetic Resource Center.
Source: DRGC digital photo collection; courtesy Richard Sniezko, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
Dorena Genetic Resource Center (DGRC) is the USDA Forest Service's regional service center for genetics in the Pacific Northwest Region. Dorena houses disease resistance breeding programs for five-needled pines and Port-Orford-cedar, a native plant development program, and the National Tree Climbing Program. For additional photos of the DGRC program, see: www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/landmanagement/resourcemanageme...
Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth