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\"\"<\/a>June 8, 2011<\/p>\n

“We live in the NW area of Camano Island and have been wondering what is wrong with most of the madronas in our area. We were lucky enough to see an article in the local news booklet Crab Cracker. It directed us to you.
\nIt definitely looks like the leaf blight described on the website. The trees in our yard are the only big trees we have and are most likely about 15-20 years old. They are flowering now and I have noticed that the new growth so far looks good.”<\/p>\n

June 2, 2011<\/p>\n

‘This blight is similar to what I have experienced with my cherry trees, the larger trees are able to recover with new growth but younger trees struggle to stay alive.<\/p>\n

The worst damage that I have seen has been in the Dabob Bay area, trees that are smaller than 10 feet completely wiped out with very little new growth. Trees taller than 15 feet seem to have vigorous new growth and will probably be ok.
\nWorst damage is with trees that are not facing west and not on hill sides. Poulsbo and Bainbridge lesser damage with similar symptoms<\/p>\n

My greatest concern is that the younger trees (10 feet or less) will have high mortality rates. Another problem is that many homeowners are being advised (by \u201carborist\u2019s\u201d with chain saws) to cut down sickly looking Madrone\u2019s. Madrone\u2019s have an incredible ability to continue living many years even though they may have a lot of dead limbs. Unfortunately people do not under stand this as well as the importance on stabilizing hillsides. I have seen mature Madrone\u2019s that have 80% of their trunk complexly dead and yet they continue to live<\/p>\n

I will send photos soon. The most interesting one will be that a 20 foot Madrone in my backyard in Poulsbo (new growth from a large tree that had been cut down before we moved here) is perfectly healthy; in fact it is the only tree that I have seen that doesn\u2019t have any blight. While 50 feet away is one that is extremely damaged.”<\/p>\n

June 1, 2011<\/p>\n

“All the Madrones on Highway 3 and the ones in my neighborhood (between Clear Creek Road and Hwy 3) down Pioneer Hill Road are greening out quite nicely. I never imagined that with nearly 100 percent coverage of that horrible fungus that they would green out. Nature is amazing. But of course let\u2019s see how green they stay, right? I\u2019m keeping my optimistic fingers crossed.”<\/p>\n

June 6, 2011<\/p>\n

Photos of madrones along Lemolo Drive in Poulsbo, WA. Note leaf damage on old foliage and new growth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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May 31, 2011<\/p>\n

“We have *Many* <\/strong>infested madrones on our acre. Manzanita Bay, W. Bainbridge Island.”<\/p>\n

May 30, 2011<\/p>\n

“I live on Orcas island and am watching our Madrones rapidly going downhill. There HAS been an increase in dying foliage in the last couple of weeks. I walk all over the island and it’s the same everywhere. Now that I’ve down some reading, it seems I’m a little behind the timeline but the problem is pervasive on the west coast.
\nHas anyone thought to connect this sad and serious blight with toxic aerosol spraying that has been observedly on the upswing during most of May?”<\/p>\n

May 27, 2011<\/p>\n

“I live on the Key Peninsula in the Minter Creek area off of Highway 302 and all the Madrone trees along the road are dying, specifically along the Creviston Road.\u00a0 All of the leaves are brown and crumpled looking.”<\/p>\n

“My location is on E Hwy 106 near Union, WA.\u00a0 The madrona on my property appears to be affected by the blight written about in your article.\u00a0 All of the leaves have turned dark brown, berries have appeared on the crown of the tree.\u00a0 This problem is very evident all along Hwy 3 from Gorst to Belfair and along Hwy 106 from Belfair to Union. The condition looks pretty severe with better than 70% of the leaves turning dark brown.”<\/p>\n

May 24, 2011<\/p>\n

“My husband and I live out on the Key Peninsula in Lakebay.\u00a0 As we drive along side roads and\u00a0down the Key Peninsula Hwy towards Purdy\u00a0it looks like all the Madrone trees are dying or dead.\u00a0 All the leaves are dried up and brown.\u00a0 We don’t see any new growth at all on most trees.\u00a0 They just don’t look like they’re going to come back.”<\/p>\n

May 3, 2011<\/p>\n

Madrones in plantings at WSU-Puyallup<\/a>: All of the trees in one planting have 80-100% dead foliage in the crown. Arbutus unedo<\/em> in the same planting appears to be resistant to this blight. Another planting of older trees has some with resistant foliage.<\/p>\n

April 29, 2011<\/p>\n

“Most large madrones along I-5 in the Lakewood-Ft Lewis area have more than 80% of their crown blighted. Some smaller trees in the understory growing with Garry oak had few symptoms and looked relatively healthy.”<\/p>\n

April 25, 2011<\/p>\n

“Many severely blighted trees along Hwy 16 between Tacoma and Bremerton, along Hwy 3 between Bremerton and the Hood Canal Bridge, and along Hwy 106\/Hwy 101 between Hood Canal Bridge and Port Angeles. Most of the blight islocated in the lower canopy. New foliage is emerging in the upper canopy, but severity of the blight is still very evident in the lower part. Both large and small trees are affected.”<\/p>\n

April 21, 2011<\/p>\n

“I have observed very heavy foliar blight of Madrone from roadsides on Vashon Island and parts of the Kitsap Peninsula (Hwy 16 from the Tacoma Narrows bridge north to Sedgewick Rd \u2013 just S of Port Orchard \u2013 and west to Belfair) visited recently.\u00a0 Although the occurrence of madrone is inconsistent among the developed sites and mixed conifer forest, most of the madrone trees observed have 80 to 100% of their foliage damaged (few trees had produced new leaves yet).\u00a0 Usually only the tops of the trees are unaffected. \u00a0\u00a0Shorter trees tend to be more completely affected than taller trees.<\/p>\n

There are a couple places where trees of similar heights and close proximity to heavily damaged trees are not affected or less affected.\u00a0 Sometimes they are on opposite sides of the road or in a more open growing situation, but the factors that would contribute to relative differences in damage are unclear to me (especially when in motion from the driver\u2019s seat).\u00a0 The most interesting place to observe this is probably near Belfair.<\/p>\n