same ol' ... 1 photoperpost ... all trees welcome
i place trees, in particular conifers, at the top of my list of favorite organisms of this here planet. conifers (gymnosperms) have been around since long before flowering trees and find their niches in the most moderate and extreme climates. a simply beautiful and remarkable existence. the last remaining towering cathedrals of ancient forests of the pacific northwest are powerful enough to overwhelm one in unfathomable awe and disbelief ... or the bristlecone that thrives perched high on arid, rugged, windswept peaks of the great basin for thousands of years can leave one utterly speechless in wonder and wonderment.
i'll start it out with a slender conifer of the subalpine found all over the rockies, cascades and mountains of canada, and sits near sea level in southeast alaska. although more recently separated into two species (Abies lasiocarpa and Abies bifolia) which overlap and hybridize, it goes under the common name of Subalpine Fir and is akin to the balsam fir (Abies balsamea) of central canada and northeastern NA
i took this photo during a sunset through a smokey evening sky in glacier
Subalpine Firs, Glacier Nat'l Park, august 2001
http://www.math.utah.edu/%7Esfolias/sc/glacier.jpg
