Much of the path is shaded with Monterey cypress and pine trees and some eucalyptus.
Among the trees that would be removed under the Fish and Wildlife Service plan would be 120-year-old Monterey cypress, a costal species with a fairly short life span that has started to die off or blow over.
First stop, the Northern Coast, where nearly one-third of California's champions grow, including the 1,291-point coast redwood, the 684-point California-laurel, and the 668-point Monterey cypress.
Created when Mexican land grants were divided by San Francisco lawyer-leaseholders in 1857, the old ranches huddle behind clumps of wind-deformed Monterey cypresses.
Massey and his crew pruned eucalyptus trees on the southern border to increase the amount of sunlight that enters the site and planted a windrow of Monterey cypress trees to protect the site from prevailing northwesterly winds.
The biggest Monterey cypress is also notable for having a 116-foot crown spread, second among conifers after the 130-foot crown of the Torrey pine.
Definition of Monterey cypress in US English:
Monterey cypress
noun
A cypress tree with a large spreading crown of horizontal branches and leaves that smell of lemon when crushed, native to a small area of California and widely planted in temperate climates worldwide.
Cupressus macrocarpa, family Cupressaceae
Also called macrocarpa
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Among the trees that would be removed under the Fish and Wildlife Service plan would be 120-year-old Monterey cypress, a costal species with a fairly short life span that has started to die off or blow over.
Much of the path is shaded with Monterey cypress and pine trees and some eucalyptus.
First stop, the Northern Coast, where nearly one-third of California's champions grow, including the 1,291-point coast redwood, the 684-point California-laurel, and the 668-point Monterey cypress.
Created when Mexican land grants were divided by San Francisco lawyer-leaseholders in 1857, the old ranches huddle behind clumps of wind-deformed Monterey cypresses.
The biggest Monterey cypress is also notable for having a 116-foot crown spread, second among conifers after the 130-foot crown of the Torrey pine.
Massey and his crew pruned eucalyptus trees on the southern border to increase the amount of sunlight that enters the site and planted a windrow of Monterey cypress trees to protect the site from prevailing northwesterly winds.