Trees from a distance

[tomthetreeman]

nuh-uh. not P. glauca.

 

[TNTree_man]

Abies balsamea?

 

[JeffL]

picea pungens!?

 

[tomthetreeman]

nosirs. I guess this one's not as easy as I thought. I drove by it every day for about 5 years thinking it was something else before I took a closer look, so I guess it's a bit deceiving.

-Tom

 

[TNTree_man]

Picea engelmannii?

 

[TNTree_man]

The branch structure really looks to me like Picea, the bark is very white looking in the pic. which leads me more toward Abies. Of course I am assuming it is native to your neck of the woods.

 

[tomthetreeman]

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Picea engelmannii?

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nay.

"Of course I am assuming it is native to your neck of the woods."

...Now you're fishing for clues. I said no clues. Gotta stick to my guns for now.

-Tom

 

[TNTree_man]

Yeah yeah sure sure.


Abies fraseri?

I've resorted to random guesses in case you couldn't tell

 

[tomthetreeman]

No. Process of elimination is kicking in LOL. Gotta leave the office for a few hrs... Good Luck!

-Tom

 

[TNTree_man]

Abies Procera?
Wish I could see the needles better.

 

[Blinky]

It looks larchy to me...

Larix decidua? ...L. laricina maybe?

 

[TNTree_man]

I thought maybe Tamarack, but it doesn't appear to be deciduous since all of the trees around it are leafless.

 

[tomthetreeman]

No, no, no, and no... I will give you a clue. You have gotten progressively colder with your guesses.

-Tom

 

[TNTree_man]

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You have gotten progressively colder with your guesses.

-Tom

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Why does this not surprise me?

Picea breweriana?

 

[TNTree_man]

NOT WHAT I MEANT.

Picea rubens.

 

[tomthetreeman]

no and no. Sorry, man, I hate to let you twist in the wind like this, but I wouldn't do it if I wasn't so confident in you!

-Tom

 

[TNTree_man]

It's cool. I don't mind. How else will I expand my thinking?
I'm thinking that it's my "assumptions" that are causing me problems here.

"and now for something completely different"

Cedrus atlantica

 

[arborer]

Picea orientalis..... final answer.

 

[Blinky]

Sheesh...

Picea sitchensis

 

[easyphloem]

Cedrus deodar?


I can't zoom in on the needles, though I would like to.



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