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Trees

The most sobering part of the March 31 visit was seeing the trees marked for removal.

Our venerable avocado tree, which likely dated to the early 1950s and which had been having a bumper crop, did not survive.  The center photo shows the remains of the avocado picker and of an avocado left by a squirrel.

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The banksia on the side yard did not survive.

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The liquid amber, did have some growth on the neighbor's side and up top.  It had been too close to the house and caused problems with its roots.  It was spectacular in the fall but also dropped a lot of leaves.

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The arborist did not mark the gingko.  Although it is burned on the side facing the house and those branches will have to be cut, it does have growth up above, as well as some sprigs.

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Looking through the gingko branches.

The redwood was the most difficult case.  I advocated for keeping it and we considered a waiver.  According to the Tetra Tech contractor, "Our arborist deems it a hazard within five years.  There is some new green growth up top.  There are shoots at the base.  This is a typical response to a fire.  A significant amount of limbs are burned.  They will fall off."

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The large banksia down below did not survive.  It had been leaning over the back fence and was causing concern.

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Not addressed were the two large eucalyptus trees out front, which are on the public streetway and the county's responsibility.