UCCE Highlights

Oak Woodland Research Continues

The summer of 2014 marked the second and final field season of the project, which will compare the ages of oaks and conifers in encroached stands and characterize the impacts of encroachment on biodiversity and tree health. The dendrochronology lab at Humboldt State University is leading the tree age component of the study and is currently processing more than 1800 tree cores that were collected over the last two years. Early results have already shown that some of the oak trees date back to the 1700s, with conifers only becoming dominant in these sites during the second half of the 20th century.