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January 20, 2008
0002: Mondell Pine
Ray and I made another trip up to Potter Valley, this time for the main purpose of tree planting. I got four little 2 gallon Christmas trees on a 75% off sale two days before Christmas.
The first one we planted was a Pinus eldarica "Mondell Pine" and we put it on the property line, between the neighboring vinyard and my dad's future driveway extension.
Family: Pinaceae (py-NAY-see-ay)
Genus: Pinus (PY-nus)
Species: eldarica (el-DAR-ee-kuh)
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0003: Italian Stone Pine
The second tree we planted today was a Pinus pinea "Italian Stone Pine" which I had used as my Christmas tree these last holidays. It's one of my favorite trees to use for small live Christmas trees because of it's pretty pale bluish green, wide bushy shape, and short needles.
We planted this two gallon tree down the hill from the house, between the greenhouse and the current trailer location, with the irrigation ditch behind it. In the photo you can see the cattle shelter.
Family: Pinaceae (py-NAY-see-ay)
Genus: Pinus (PY-nus)
Species: pinea (PY-nee-uh)
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0004: Sequoia Aptos Blue
The third tree of the day, and the first of three redwoods, was one of two Sequoia sempervirens 'Aptos Blue', or "Aptos Blue Redwood".
Family: Cupressaceae (koo-press-AY-see-ay)
Genus: Sequoia (see-KWOY-uh)
Species: sempervirens (sem-per-VY-renz)
Cultivar: Aptos Blue
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0005: Sequoia Aptos Blue
We planted the three redwoods of the day, including this second Sequoia sempervirens 'Aptos Blue', or "Aptos Blue Redwood", in a row continuing from two previously planted smaller redwoods.
It's interesting that the Coastal Redwood is the Sequoia genus, though the Giant Sequoia are the Sequoiadendron genus in the same family.
Family: Cupressaceae (koo-press-AY-see-ay)
Genus: Sequoia (see-KWOY-uh)
Species: sempervirens (sem-per-VY-renz)
Cultivar: Aptos Blue
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0006: Coast Redwood
The third redwood was from a pot that my mom had been growing, a Sequoia sempervirens "Coast Redwood", a bit paler in color than the Aptos Blues I bought, and not bushed-out from the nursery pruning.
Family: Cupressaceae (koo-press-AY-see-ay)
Genus: Sequoia (see-KWOY-uh)
Species: sempervirens (sem-per-VY-renz)
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May 11, 2008
0019: Coast Redwood
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Sequoia
Species: sempervirens
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January 10, 2009
0021-0063: 43 Coast Redwoods
I took part in a two day tree planting workshop from January 9-10 in which dozens of students and volunteers planted a total of 1400 redwood trees in three locations. My weekend partner and I planted 43: 14 the first day at St. Dorothy's Rest and 29 the second day at SRJC's Shone Farm
Family: Cupressaceae (koo-press-AY-see-ay)
Genus: Sequoia (see-KWOY-uh)
Species: sempervirens (sem-per-VY-renz)
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March 28, 2009
0064: Italian Stone Pine
Planted with Jason and my parents down by the new pond my dad had dug at their house in Potter Valley.
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Species: pinea
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0065: Aleppo Pine
Planted with Jason and my parents down by the new pond my dad had dug at their house in Potter Valley.
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Species: halepensis
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December 26, 2011
0156-0160: Calocedrus decurrens
The day after Christmas, Rick and I planted a ring of five cedar trees on my parents' property in Potter Valley. California Incense-cedar is native to North America.
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Calocedrus
Species: C. decurrens
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January 7, 2012
0161-0172: Coast Redwoods
On Saturday, Rick joined me for a morning of planting with a volunteer group with Forest Unlimited. About 400 potted redwoods were planted for the Graton Water District. As a team, he and I got about a dozen in the ground.
Family: Cupressaceae (koo-press-AY-see-ay)
Genus: Sequoia (see-KWOY-uh)
Species: sempervirens (sem-per-VY-renz)
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