Presence
The disease is known to exist in California's coastal region between Big Sur (in Monterey County) and southern Humboldt County. It is confirmed to exist in all coastal counties in this range, as well as in all immediately inland counties from Santa Clara County north to Lake County. It has not been found east of the California Coast Ranges, however. It was reported in Curry County, Oregon (just north of the California border) in 2001. About the same time, a similar disease in continental Europe and the UK was also identified as Phytophthora ramorum. Sonoma County has been hit hardest, having more than twice the area of new mortality of any other county in California.
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