Table of Contents
Foreword
INTRODUCTION
The Trees We Love to Hate
PAST AND PRESENT
1 A Cedar Only in Name
2 Pioneering Thickets Are Not Cedar Brakes
3 The Hill Country Focus
4 Historically, A Respected Tree
5 The Golden Period Ends
6 Fall From Grace
7 The Curse of Cedar Fever
DEBUNKING THE TALL TALES
8 Tall Tale: Cedars Are Not Native
9 Tall Tale: Historically, Cedars Were Not Common
10 Tall Tale: Cedars Are Just Bushes
11 Tall Tale: Cedars Are Short Lived
12 Tall Tale: Cedars Are Highly Flammable
13 Tall Tale: Cedars Are Invasive
14 Tall Tale: Cedars Cause Soil Erosion
Is Grass Better than Cedar?
15 Tall Tale: Nothing Grows Under Cedars
16 Tall Tale: Cedars Are Water Hogs
Warring Over Water
17 Tall Tale: Cedars Are Choking Our Oaks
How Deep Do They Suck?
18 Tall Tale: Cedars Intercept Most Rains
19 Tall Tale: Cedars Dried Up Our Springs
20 Tall Tale: Clearing Cedars Increases Gravity Springs
21 Tall Tale: Clearing Cedars Recharges Aquifers
RETHINKING THE MOUNTAIN CEDAR
22 Mountain Cedars Benefit Soils and Springs
23 Basic Strategies to Get Started
24 Reducing Fire Risk without Over-Clearing
25 Using to Offset Management Costs
The World-famous Texas Cedarwood Oil
CONCLUSION
Learning from Mountain
Appendix A: Karst Geology Basics
Appendix B: Plants that Grow Under Cedars
Appendix C: How Cedar Charcoal Was Made
Glossary
Acknowledgements
End Notes
Bibliography
Index
