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SB Trees
updated: Sep 15, 2012, 12:07 PM

By Edhat Subscriber

Mother Nature's greenery enhances our landscape. What trees seem to represent Santa Barbara?

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COMMENT 320443	2012-09-15 12:23 PM
I love the eucalyptus trees! (I know, I know... they're not native, we should cut them down, blah blah blah. But I still love them!)
COMMENT 320444	2012-09-15 12:24 PM
Quercus agrifolia: California Live Oak. Although I do love all the palm trees and eucalyptus.
COMMENT 320473	2012-09-15 01:21 PM
Crab Apple Trees
COMMENT 320475P	2012-09-15 01:22 PM
HAha 473! I'm partial to jacaranda trees.
COMMENT 320491P	2012-09-15 01:58 PM
Moreton Bay Fig Tree ... and California Live Oak ... and tall beach palm trees ... and Eucalyptus ... and the huge diversity that grows here that is both native and was brought from elsewhere.
COMMENT 320498	2012-09-15 02:06 PM
All the trees at Alameda Park, east & west. And at the Courhouse. And at Alice Keck Park Park. Thank you Doremus and Franceschi. OH. And all the palms along Cabrillo Blvd. and Ambassador Park. Yes.
COMMENT 320513P	2012-09-15 02:40 PM
Nuts!
YIN YANG	2012-09-15 02:45 PM
Jacaranda! (my personal favorite) Palm, of course, but they're just not the same as branched trees. Oaks and the Stone Pines of Anapamu. Oh wow, a SB history story! Thanks Mr. Francheschi! http://cartas.typepad.com/main/2008/08/italian-stone-pines.html
YIN YANG	2012-09-15 02:49 PM
And thanks to cartas; looks like a great blog.
COMMENT 320562	2012-09-15 05:39 PM
Manzanita
COMMENT 320586	2012-09-15 07:32 PM
If we removed all the non native trees in SB it would look like north county and SB natives would not like that... Unless we removed all the SB non natives but where do we stop? The Chumash.?
COMMENT 320593P	2012-09-15 08:11 PM
586, if we take your thread to its ultimate conclusion, is man even native to this planet? My favorite SB tree, let's see, is The Torrey Pine native to SB? If it is then I pick that one.
COMMENT 320598	2012-09-15 08:56 PM
593P Torrey Pines are the rarest pines in the U.S. They are considered to be an endangered species of tree, but grow in San Diego AND on Santa Rosa Island. (Santa Rosa Is. is just to the west of Santa Cruz Is. out here in our Channel.) I don't think we have any Torrey Pines growing in SB County, but perhaps someone has one planted in their yard here? Anyone know? They are pretty cool-looking trees.
SBJULES	2012-09-15 09:51 PM
Jacaranda, oak, and the "tunnel" as we used to call it on anapamu.
TWOBITS	2012-09-15 11:34 PM
avocado, lemon, orange, jacaranda, myriad palms, Italian stone pines on Anapumu and Los Pinos, and the monterey pines along the coast... I don't understand the fixation with "natives" so long as they grow well here... sycamores, bay laurel, cottonwood color in the creeks... so many varieties that make our city special.
MESARATS	2012-09-16 12:53 AM
I love the Torry pines and recently visited them on Rosa. The needles are long, thick and fragrant would be great for baskets, but unfortunately not likely legal to collect. When I think of trees in SB I thingk of how the often bad selection and over and inappropriate planting has taken away the natural chaperal and open views. Im not trying to be negative I just miss the sun and big sky and just prefer the our natural topography, but that is just my preference. Even traveling the east coast feels stiffening. I.e. parts of NJ. Bumper to bumper and nothing but cars arround you surrounded by walls of trees.
MESARATS	2012-09-16 01:04 AM
Oh the trees that I think represents Santa Barbara is the Mansanitia or the oak.
COMMENT 320655	2012-09-16 08:14 AM
1. Oak Trees 2. SYCAMORE trees (these should be our county tree!) 3. Jacaranda (our prettiest import)
COMMENT 320667P	2012-09-16 08:55 AM
The Santa Barbara County official tree is the Santa Cruz Island Ironwood Tree. It only grows on Santa Cruz and Catalina islands. It is a beautiful and interesting tree and it is rare. To see many of these trees, go to the SB Botanic Garden, which has adopted the Ironwood in it's official logo. It's a tall, elegant tree with leaves that look to be a cross between fern and cannabis leaves.
MARJELK	2012-09-16 09:39 AM
The Franciscan priests brought the Olive trees.
COMMENT 320699	2012-09-16 09:46 AM
Fig, palms, jacaranda, pepper, monkey pine (hate those), Oaks, fruit trees, olive and no clue what the big ones on Anapamu by SB High are but they are super interesting. Of course we know that most of the trees aren't native and that Franceshi is a lot of the reason we can look down on the city and see so much green. Without all those trees SB would be hot and sad!
COMMENT 320707	2012-09-16 09:54 AM
LIVE OAK
BONNER	2012-09-16 10:10 AM
stone pines on Anapamu and ucsb campus, eucalyptus grove on More Mesa and elsewhere, all the trees lining State street and close cross streets, so beautiful downtown because of them.
COMMENT 320718	2012-09-16 10:25 AM
I love the Liquid Ambers in the Fall and the Western Redbud knows the seasons to the day no matter what the changes are in the weather from year to year. A true native!
COMMENT 320777	2012-09-16 12:49 PM
Washingtonia Gracilis.... or the tall and slender Mexican fan palms. Live oaks best represent the county.
ACF	2012-09-16 03:54 PM
I vote for the palms along Cabrillo. Washingtonia robusta, I think.
SLIPROCK9	2012-09-16 04:51 PM
My favorites are the sycamore, CA bay, redbud , oak and mountain mahogany.
GBOB	2012-09-17 09:07 AM
The City of SB has two official City Trees: Jacaranda (official import) and Coast Live Oak (official native).
COMMENT 321061P	2012-09-17 10:53 AM
i agree with mesa rats, manzanita and oak, with a couple pine trees here and there. all the other trees are transients!
COMMENT 321106	2012-09-17 01:07 PM
There are some Torry Pines next to the UCSB lagoon, adjacent to the Art Studio.
COMMENT 321389P	2012-09-18 08:40 AM
Stone Pines on Anapamu, Oak Trees, Manzanitas, Moreton Bay Fig Tree by the Train Station, Eucalyptus groves, Lemons, Avocados, the Redwood grove at the Botanic Garden.
COMMENT 322003	2012-09-19 07:13 PM
I think there is a torrey pine on Carp Ave next to the bike shop, across from the library.

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