The Tanoak Tree: An Environmental History of a Pacific Coast Hardwood
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (531 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0295742720 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Frederica Bowcutt teaches botany in interdisciplinary programs at The Evergreen State College. She specializes in floristics, field plant ecology, and plant-centric environmental history
Anyone who reads Bowcutt's deeply affecting book will be prompted to add a new call to action: 'Save the Tanoaks.'"Jerry Rohde, Humboldt Historian"We may hope that one day a future edition of this nicely written, heavily referenced little book will conclude with a tale of successful restoration."Wendy L. The tanoak, as is so thoroughly documented in the book, should stimulate reflection on the ethics of how we use our power to change the natural world."Peter Crane, H-Environment"A fascinating treatment of a tree that remains central to the region's Native American cultures but has little value to the timber industry. Applequist, Economic Botany"The book is an ho
As one nontoxic alternative, many foresters and communities promote locally controlled, third-party certified sustainable hardwood production using tanoak, which doesn't depend on clearcutting and herbicide use.Today tanoaks are experiencing massive die-offs due to sudden oak death, an introduced disease. The end of the book focuses on hopeful changes including reintroduction of low-intensity burning to reduce conifer competition for tanoaks, emerging disease resistance in some trees, and new partnerships among tanoak defenders, including botanists, foresters, Native Americans, and plant pathologists.Watch the book trailer: https://youtube/watch?v=xzY7QxOiI8I. Despite ongoing protests, tanoaks are now commonly killed with herbicides in industrial forests in favor of more commercially valuable coast redwood and Douglas-fir. People's radically different perceptions of it have ranged from treasured food plant to cash crop to trash tree. Bowcutt examines the complex set of factors that set the stage for the tree's current ecological crisis. Tanoak (Notholithocarpus densiflorus) is a resilient and com
Fascinating information. I grew up in an area where Fascinating information. I grew up in an area where tanoak bark was "harvested" in the early 1900s. The forests were decimated. I became curious about the tree. This book covers it all.. Very informative. I wish there had been more on Barry D. Jordan Very informative. I wish there had been more on the silvicultural characteristics of the tree. It is stupidly short-sighted that the tan oak came to be regarded as a "weed" tree by those interested only in logging off its native habitat for mercantable timber.. Five Stars K. S. Great History of the tree.