2004. A Port Orford cedar tree resistant to root disease (Phytophthora lateralis) planted as tree number one on the City of Myrtle Point Tree Trail. Myrtle Point, Oregon.

A Port Orford cedar tree resistant to root disease (Phytophthora lateralis) planted as tree number one on the City of Myrtle Point Tree Trail. 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

 

 

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