More High Water and Problems with Rough Leaf Dogwoods

Between Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2, 2007, we received a lot of rain. Wally Kennedy, The Joplin Globe reported (Sunday, June 3, 2007) that rainfall amounts varied from a high of 5.15" at Lamar, to 3.98" at Joplin, 3.2" at Monett, 3.15" at Waco, 2.9" at Carthage, 2.88" at Miller, and 2.61" at Dadeville, MO. You can tell by the USGS chart that on Friday, June 1 at 6:30 pm, the water gauge was at 2.11' and that increased by 5.61' to 7.72' by 5:15 pm on June 2. You can monitor the water height at La Russell access point by clicking on the USGS link.


Not entirely unrelated, roughly 50% of the Rough Leaf Dogwoods seedlings are exhibiting signs of spotted and wilted leaves. I suspect that the problem is Spot Anthracnose. We first observed the spots on May 15, only 30 days after planting the seedlings.

Today (June 3), we observed that 30 of the new seedlings were either still underwater, or had been, the last 36 hours due to the high water level. I guess this underscores their importance for stream bank stabilization. We'll probably have to replace some flag stakes and water cans once the water recedes. Hopefully the seedlings will still be there. The water level was 4.85' while we were on the site today.