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<blockquote data-quote="tuxgeo" data-source="post: 6922869" data-attributes="member: 61026"><p>Yeah, monocultures can lead to forest devastation -- if not through fires, then through insects and diseases that mainly attack selected types of trees. We've had bark-beetle infestations that have killed whole pine forests here in Oregon. Those lands could be replanted with a diverse mix of trees if there were the will to do it--but the will to do it is in short supply. </p><p></p><p>Umbran mentioned not planting trees in the US Southwest. However, that's not all waste space. I Googled "southwest trees" and found some lists that include some drought-tolerant genera and species. Here are just a few: </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.gardening-for-wildlife.com/trees-of-the-southwest.html" target="_blank"> Gardening-for-Wildlife</a> mentions:</p><p>Arizona White Oak (Quercus arizonica) -- "can be found growing in hot sandy hillsides, dry rocky canyons, and up to 10,000 feet in the mountains"</p><p></p><p><a href="http://guzmansgreenhouse.com/southwest-trees/" target="_blank">Guzman's Garden Centers (New Mexico)</a> mentions: </p><p>Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis) -- "Very drought tolerant once established."</p><p>Chilean Mesquite (Prosopis chilensis) -- "Very drought tolerant tree." </p><p>Mimosa or Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin) -- "can withstand droughts"</p><p>Idaho Locust (Robinia x ambigua) -- "tolerates summer heat and dryness"</p><p>Southwestern Chitalpa (Chitalpa tashkinensis) -- "very drought resistant"</p><p>California Christmas Tree (Cedrus deodara) -- "drought tolerant once established"</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.sungardensinc.com/Southwest-Shade-Trees-and-Windbreaks.html" target="_blank">Sun Gardens Inc.</a> mentions: </p><p>Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) -- "Very drought and heat tolerant"</p><p>Osage orange (Maclura pomifera) -- described on another site as being ". . . able to adapt to be hardy over most of the contiguous United States, . . ."</p><p>Vitex (genus name: Vitex) -- "Very heat and drought tolerant."</p><p></p><p>Yes, those aren't the most commercially valuable trees; but those hardier trees could provide the shade to start reducing temperatures in microclimates; and any fallen leaves and twigs could help store water at ground level, which water would otherwise disappear locally as run-off; and the presence of such trees could make it easier for trees that don't like the desert as much to survive, and maybe even thrive. A succession of planting hardy trees at high elevations, and faster-growing trees (requiring more water) farther down-slope, might eventually serve to increase forestland to some extent, even in the arid southwest. The best time to start that project is fifty years ago, however, because successions of trees can take decades.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tuxgeo, post: 6922869, member: 61026"] Yeah, monocultures can lead to forest devastation -- if not through fires, then through insects and diseases that mainly attack selected types of trees. We've had bark-beetle infestations that have killed whole pine forests here in Oregon. Those lands could be replanted with a diverse mix of trees if there were the will to do it--but the will to do it is in short supply. Umbran mentioned not planting trees in the US Southwest. However, that's not all waste space. I Googled "southwest trees" and found some lists that include some drought-tolerant genera and species. Here are just a few: [URL="http://www.gardening-for-wildlife.com/trees-of-the-southwest.html"] Gardening-for-Wildlife[/URL] mentions: Arizona White Oak (Quercus arizonica) -- "can be found growing in hot sandy hillsides, dry rocky canyons, and up to 10,000 feet in the mountains" [URL="http://guzmansgreenhouse.com/southwest-trees/"]Guzman's Garden Centers (New Mexico)[/URL] mentions: Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis) -- "Very drought tolerant once established." Chilean Mesquite (Prosopis chilensis) -- "Very drought tolerant tree." Mimosa or Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin) -- "can withstand droughts" Idaho Locust (Robinia x ambigua) -- "tolerates summer heat and dryness" Southwestern Chitalpa (Chitalpa tashkinensis) -- "very drought resistant" California Christmas Tree (Cedrus deodara) -- "drought tolerant once established" [URL="http://www.sungardensinc.com/Southwest-Shade-Trees-and-Windbreaks.html"]Sun Gardens Inc.[/URL] mentions: Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) -- "Very drought and heat tolerant" Osage orange (Maclura pomifera) -- described on another site as being ". . . able to adapt to be hardy over most of the contiguous United States, . . ." Vitex (genus name: Vitex) -- "Very heat and drought tolerant." Yes, those aren't the most commercially valuable trees; but those hardier trees could provide the shade to start reducing temperatures in microclimates; and any fallen leaves and twigs could help store water at ground level, which water would otherwise disappear locally as run-off; and the presence of such trees could make it easier for trees that don't like the desert as much to survive, and maybe even thrive. A succession of planting hardy trees at high elevations, and faster-growing trees (requiring more water) farther down-slope, might eventually serve to increase forestland to some extent, even in the arid southwest. The best time to start that project is fifty years ago, however, because successions of trees can take decades. [/QUOTE]
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