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July 2025
Monthly Meeting


NEXT MEETING: Intro To The San Diego Natural History Museum Canyoneers With Samantha Barlin, July 19, 2025, 1:30p - 3p, SD Oasis, Rancho Bernardo
The newly reinstituted Plant Forum (to learn more, please read the Plant Forum article by Susi Torre-Bueno in this newsletter) will be...
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Articles


TREES, PLEASE: A Tale of Firs—From Farms, Not Factories
By Robin Rivet. In the winter of 1953, an inner-city husband arrived home on Christmas Eve. He carried a three-foot balsam fir tree into...
Dec 1, 2018


TREES, PLEASE: Chaotic Trees Set Sail
By Tim Clancy. I have worked for a few tree "care" companies. One thing I noticed is that as fall and winter approach, the business of...
Nov 1, 2018


TREES, PLEASE: X, Y, Z: Distinctive Trees With Odd Names
By Robin Rivet. Does your surname fall at the end of the alphabet? Were you often called last at school? It seems that even with plants,...
Oct 1, 2018


TREES, PLEASE: Space Invaders: Keep an Eye Out for Tree Tobacco
By Tim Clancy. Not all trees are created equal, and not all trees are benign. All over the country, there are trees that are classified...
Sep 1, 2018


TREES, PLEASE: When it's Hot, Go Nuts!
By Robin Rivet. Imagine a hot summer day... This year, you don’t need too much imagination. As average summer temperatures continue to...
Aug 1, 2018


TREES, PLEASE: Arboreal Caveat Emptor
By Tim Clancy. Pot-Bellied Pig Syndrome 'Right tree, right place,' is an often-repeated mantra when it comes to choosing and siting trees...
Jul 1, 2018


TREES, PLEASE: Do Birds Need Your Trees?
By Robin Rivet. Have you completed “spring cleaning” your trees? Best practice timing for mature tree pruning is vague, and our bird...
Jun 1, 2018
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