Hey folks. Michele Hammond at EBRPD asked me to set up this project so we can collect observations of disease in native plants in the East Bay, particularly in manzanitas and associated species, but really for any situation where you see a lot of dead leaves or dead plants across numerous individuals in a population of native plants.
Here are some important things to keep in mind:
- Try to document situations where multiple plants show evidence of dead branches or dead individuals. One afflicted individual is less significant than a pattern of disease.
- Try to get photos that both demonstrate what species you're looking at and show a pattern of multiple infected individuals. This usually means adding close-up photos and far-back photos to the same observation.
- Don't bother documenting problems in burn areas. Presumably
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Hey folks. Michele Hammond at EBRPD asked me to set up this project so we can collect observations of disease in native plants in the East Bay, particularly in manzanitas and associated species, but really for any situation where you see a lot of dead leaves or dead plants across numerous individuals in a population of native plants.
Here are some important things to keep in mind:
- Try to document situations where multiple plants show evidence of dead branches or dead individuals. One afflicted individual is less significant than a pattern of disease.
- Try to get photos that both demonstrate what species you're looking at and show a pattern of multiple infected individuals. This usually means adding close-up photos and far-back photos to the same observation.
- Don't bother documenting problems in burn areas. Presumably those issues are due to fire and not disease.
Also, shout-out to East Bay iNat folks: if you see a bunch of infected plants, please add to this project! @catchang, @hfabian, @kevinhintsa, @tiwane, @damontighe, @steve-beatty, @xsweatsx, @jlmartin, @newt77, @lylegordon, @lithostrotionella, @clem, @ang, @loscheiner, @tbschwarz, @journeybug, and everyone else I'm too lazy to type out!
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East Bay Native Plant Disease Monitoring
