Trees from a distance

[HÖLLENREICH]

american magnolia

 

[banjo]

Its a Tom tree....man.

 

[brushbandit]

It almost looks like a really big Bradford Pear.

 

[tomthetreeman]

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It almost looks like a really big Bradford Pear.

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Is that your final answer?

 

[banjo]

Bradford pear.

 

[MattyD]

Magnolia x soulangiana

 

[tomthetreeman]

Yeah, it's a Bradford. I figured the size might throw ya off.

-Tom

 

[brushbandit]

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It almost looks like a really big Bradford Pear.

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Is that your final answer?

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Final Answer

 

[climbncut]

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Yeah, it's a Bradford. I figured the size might throw ya off.

-Tom

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Damn thats a big bradford! Good job BB! The size for sure threw me off. I've def never seen one close to that size...actually I've never even been in one big enough to limb walk on.

Hey Tom you got a pic of the whole tree?

 

[tomthetreeman]

Here you go. The tree is about 16" DBH X 40'. Pretty big for a Callery Pear, especially a 'Bradford.'

-Tom

 

[Dan_Watkins]

that is a big callery pear!

 

[Starlet]

okay who is up,we need more pictures, i have to get some new ones also. i will try to look and find something that is not tooo easy!

 

[climbncut]

Here's one for ya...

 

[MattyD]

Liquidambar styraciflua?

 

[climbncut]

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Liquidambar styraciflua?

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Yep....too easy!

 

[MattyD]

Open table

 

[Quercoid]

Here's one. I'm not sure if it's going to be dead easy, or too hard. BTW that's not snow.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Bristlecone pine to the left, Englemann spruce to the right?

 

[Quercoid]

I guess it was too easy. They're all bristlecone pines. The little five footers could be hundreds of years old.

They're growing in dolomite, just a rocky mess with hardly any organic matter and really high pH. These guys are about ten miles from the area where the 4000+ year old ones grow.

It's harsh and nasty up there. These trees are an amazing testament to adaption and survival.

 

[Starlet]

is it true that the exact location of these bristlecones are supposed to remain secret because people could vandelize them?