Table of Contents
Introduction xvii
Part 1 Redwoods: The Value of Longevity 1
Chapter 1 Twilight of the Giants
Debut of the Big Tree 7
American Remains 23
Land Going to Waste 31
Consuming the Redwoods 44
Chapter 2 The Perpetual Last Stand
Saving the Redwoods 60
Clean Logging 72
Park Politics 80
Old-Growth Crusade 90
Part 2 Eucalypts: The Taxonomy of Belonging 109
Chapter 3 Immigration and Naturalization
Acclimatizing with Blue Gum 115
New Varieties, New Authorities 130
Boom and Bust 138
Sense of Place 155
Chapter 4 Natives, Aliens, and (Bio)diversity
Putting Out Fires 168
Tree Hazards 179
California Native Plants 190
Invasion of the Nonnatives 202
Sense of Place, Again 213
Part 3 Citruses: The Industry of Growth 221
Chapter 5 Orange Revolution
Special Fruit 227
The Citrus Belt 239
Problems of Plenty 249
Tree Workers 257
Managerial Control 266
Chapter 6 Cultural Costs
Laboratories in the Grove 278
To Smudge or Not to Smudge 291
Subdivide and Uproot 307
Bugs in the System 321
Part 4 Palms: The Ecology of Style 333
Chapter 7 Cosmopolitan Fronds
Domestic Exotica 339
Street Trees and City Boosters 346
Flora of the Stars 367
Chapter 8 Aesthetic Infrastructure
Sunbelt Design 384
Wilted Crowns 398
The Plasticity of Trees 408
Beyond L.A. 417
Epilogue 431
Appendix: Common and Scientific Names of Species 439
Further Reading 445
Acknowledgments 455
Illustration Credits 459
Notes 461
Index 523