Posted by Larry F on November 1, 2015, 12:48 pm, in reply to "Re: All the other species, great and small"
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Here is an excellent article on assessing hurricane damage to trees and choosing an approriate restoration plan.
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/EP/EP29100.pdf
As you likely know, many of the trees in La Manzanilla are legumes, which tolerate poor soil and are disease resistent. They also fix nitrogen into the soil. There are also very hard to kill. Severely damaged legume trees will instantly sprout new growth, so in many cases salvaging the tree may be a better option to ripping it out and replanting.
Hopefully the big trees that have been lost can be replanted with new trees as quickly as possible. I'm thinking I may "adopt" a destroyed tree somewhere and plant a new one.
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