Sugar Pine Tree Rings - Saratoga, CA
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DougK
N 37° 15.810 W 122° 00.610
10S E 587767 N 4124562
This Sugar Pine tree section is located in a garden at West Valley College in Saratoga, California.
Waymark Code: WMCKTT
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2011
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This Sugar Pine tree section is located in a garden at West Valley College in Saratoga, California. Several recent events are marked along the tree rings, such as:
1851 - California Statehood
1902 - First State Park, Big Basin
1916 - National Park Service
1964 - West Valley Community College District
1974 - First Earth Day
A plaque mounted on the bottom of the slice reads:
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In the Fall of 1992 this Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana) was
cut at the Dinkney Creek Campground in the Sierra National
Forest. When stressed by several years of drought, the tree
died after it became infected by the disease "Blister Rust."
After the tree was cut, its wood was salvaged and produced
35,000 board feet of lunber.
Age of tree - Approximately 350 years
Height of tree - 250 feet
Diameter of tree - 95 inches
Diameter of this round - 59 inches
(Cut 30 feet from the base of tree)
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Presented by
West Valley College Park Management Program
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