Elms
Another successful year of saving the elms
Sacramento’s historic elms helped us earn the title of City of Trees. Unfortunately, our beloved elms are being threatened by the incurable Dutch elm disease (DED). Each year the Tree Foundation partners with City of Sacramento Urban Forestry to train community scientists to help monitor these trees and prevent the spread of DED.
Read MoreA second life for elms
We’re giving Sacramento’s elms a second life at Urban Wood Rescue.
Read MoreChronicles of the Sacramento elms, part 1
Sacramento, the City of Trees. Our streets canopied by that signature tree. The stately… birch? The stately… poplar? No, stately only comes to mind to describe the elm!
Read MoreDutch elm disease confirmed in Curtis Park
Sadly, Dutch elm disease (DED), a fungal disease with no known cure, claimed its first two casualties of the year in Curtis Park at the corner of 26th Street and Marshall Way in late April.
Read MoreCommunity scientists in training spot Dutch elm disease
On our first Saturday morning walkabout for SacTree’s Save The Elms Program with certified arborist Dan Pskowski, our team of community scientists learned about American and English elm trees, identifying the symptoms of Dutch elm disease (DED), and how to report symptoms of the disease. We even discovered an elm showing symptoms of DED around Curtis Park!
Read MoreWhy our community scientists are dedicated to saving the elms
On Saturday, May 21 I was reminded as I watched volunteers examine a particularly large, umbrella-like, American elm on 24th Street as to why we want to preserve these trees in the first place.
Read MoreChronicles of the Sacramento elms: Part 2
As National Arbor Day approaches, it’s a good time to reflect on our region’s devotion to the trees that make our landscape so pleasing to the senses. Until the 1880’s, Sacramento was nicknamed the “City of Plains” for its broad, treeless flatlands. It was then that an effort began to transform the area into the “City of Trees”; the elm was the crown jewel of the new canopy.
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