We cleared invasive Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) and planted native Garry Oak (Quercus garryana) saplings root-inoculated with Oregon Black Truffle (Leucangium carthusianum) spores. This work is part of an ongoing Truffière silviculture research collaboration between The Evergreen State College and Alpine Truffle LLC

Identification of truffle mycorrhiza in tree roots

photo of oak tree roots under a microscopephoto of fungal hyphae filaments under a microscopephoto of swollen roots covered in truffle mycelium under a microscope

Clearning Scotch Broom & Planting Garry Oak Saplings

photo of a man with a beard in a ball cap and yellow work gloves smiling while holding the stalk of a plant with yellow flowers in his left handphoto of a man with blue lab gloves and a navy blue puffer jacket lowering a sapling into a hole surrounded by grass and green foliage
photo of a man in a green shirt in a labratory working with the roots of a potted plantphoto of a group of smiling students holding potted plants in a field