Trees from a distance

[dylanclimbs]

Yea on the pines and nay on the other tree.

 

[Frax]

whitebark pine (P. albicaulis) and wolfwillow (Eleagnus commutata.

 

[dylanclimbs]

Neither.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Is it possibly a White Pine? (P. strobus?)

 

[Frax]

Hmmm...only one other dryland conifer comes to mind... Rocky Mtn juniper (J. scopulorum) but it doesn't look like your image. Looks like limber pine that that's out of region...
So a typically taller dryland pine that has lost its top? ...Lodgepole?


Also Sherperdia argentea?

 

[dylanclimbs]

Nada...

So far we have Pinus ponderosa, the two on the right of the pic.

 

[treeness]

Hint? The cones go upward or downward?

 

[dylanclimbs]

Clue:

Not a pine, but that bad actor has a very similar relative.

 

[Frax]

A damn spruce? I'm gonna write off fir...white spruce... Picea glauca that has lost its top?

Silver shrub...Artemisia? Doesn't really look like it but I'm running out of ideas.

 

[trees4ever]

Looks to me to be a Doug Fir - Pseudotsuga menziesii.
In the right location they can easily have their tops blown out by the winds.

And maybe it's the special Blue variety (glauca) or f. caesia since the location is B.C.

There are over 120 cultivars of Doug Firs!

-Diane

 

[dylanclimbs]

Beyam! Doug fir it is, but the interior variety.

Pseudotsuga menziesii var. meziesii

And you got it with the Artemesia, Nora.

Not a cultivar, but a naturally occurring species. Amazing that there are over 120 cultivars!

 

[trees4ever]

Yeah, the # of cultivars get to be too much. Some are witch's brooms as there is a market for small growth trees.

Okay, so here's one.

What's the name of the tree to the left of the 70 ton?


Bonus points if you can name the line of trees in the background.


-Diane

 

[tomthetreeman]

Sequoiadendron giganticum?

 

[dylanclimbs]

Calocedrus decurrens

And are those Doug - firs...kind of look like it

 

[trees4ever]

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Okay, Tom, I'll accept that answer even with the spelling error - giganteum.

Blurred photo and all...no surprise.

The crane was there taking out his dead brother who succumbed to Botryosphaeria.

S. giganteum prefer protected valleys with underground water sources.
These trees were 'planted' (by property owners) high up on a ridge line where there are extreme temperature fluctuations and water-stress in the summer.
We'll see how the remaining tree holds out. There are natural rock fractures up there with springs so this one was probably able to hook its roots into such a source and survive.

So, Tom, how about the stand of trees in the background?
A hint will be in the next post.

-Diane

 

[trees4ever]

No on the Doug firs for the background, DC.

But it is another tree native to this range.
They just don't look 'quite right' because of their location up on a ridge line.
They get streamlined by the winds up there.
On alluvial flats these guys are king!

Adaptation is this species specialty and is what has kept it on our planet through ice ages and 'hot' ages.

Just don't plant it in your urban backyard!

-Diane

 

[dylanclimbs]

So coastal redwood, Sequoia sempervirens??

 

[tomthetreeman]

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Okay, Tom, I'll accept that answer even with the spelling error - giganteum.

Blurred photo and all...no surprise.

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Sorry, it was early! The C. decurrens guess was a good one, too! On my way out the door, so I'll have to guess on the other ones later!

-Tom

 

[trees4ever]

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That's it, Dylan!


Fossils have been found of these guys all the way up in the Arctic circle.

And supposedly they are on the march that way again!


You or Tom can post next whichever of you has got a photo.



Keeping it (TFAD) alive!

Stay safe, everyone.

-Diane

 

[dylanclimbs]

If no one has a pic, anyone care to guess the id of the newly planted tree in my avater?