I like big butt(ress) and I cannot lie

Bendroctanus · Nov 21, 2023

Neill said:
This small elm in a ditch was cool
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Looks like he’s coming for you.

chiselbit · Nov 21, 2023

Tree migration is real!

27RMT0N · Nov 22, 2023

The biggest sealed over and still living fir stump I know of on the island:

Bendroctanus · Nov 22, 2023

27RMT0N said:
The biggest sealed over and still living fir stump I know of on the island:

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I’m pretty much sure that’s a door to another world.

VenasNursery · Nov 22, 2023

Bendroctanus said:
I’m pretty much sure that’s a door to another world.

I wouldn’t knock on that door!

Tuebor · Nov 22, 2023

Just saw this veteran chestnut posted by an arb in the UK:

Treezybreez · Nov 23, 2023

Neill said:
This small elm in a ditch was cool
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I believe that is a Sycamore.

Neill · Nov 30, 2023

Treezybreez said:
I believe that is a Sycamore.

Could be,
I took that photo in the summer and couldn’t really remember what it was

Treezybreez · Nov 30, 2023

Neill said:
Could be,
I took that photo in the summer and couldn’t really remember what it was

Sorry for being the I.D. police. ; )

surveyor · Nov 30, 2023

This photo is from 1907 in the Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina. American Chestnut.

Bendroctanus · Nov 30, 2023

surveyor said:
This photo is from 1907 in the Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina. American Chestnut.
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Wow…..just wow….

Shadowscape · Nov 30, 2023

Back before man ruined the WOODS. Back before the U.S. Forest Circus turned trees into a cash crop of Red Pine and Aspen.
I was born 100 years too late....

27RMT0N · Dec 3, 2023

Neat cedar the other day.

oldoakman · Dec 3, 2023

Shadowscape said:
Back before man ruined the WOODS. Back before the U.S. Forest Circus turned trees into a cash crop of Red Pine and Aspen.
I was born 100 years too late....

Back before unwanted Chinese hitch hikers were imported and obliterated whole species. "We have erected a monument to commemorate the funeral of a species." Aldo Leopold regarding the Passenger Pigeon.

ClimbingTN · Dec 5, 2023

I found this while scouting for a rec climb. I dropped a pin. I may go back. My rope bag is 12 inches and you can see the quickie on the trunk. Craig

Neill · Dec 27, 2023

Cool spot today, little creek, couple of beaver dams. This tulip just minding it’s business. My son seeing if anything was home

Matias · Dec 27, 2023

I tried to get an angle that would show it all in one shot, but that lower right piece that looks like it might be part of the other tree back there is still part of the Spruce in the middle.