Trees

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

Sundance Trailhead, Dark Canyon, very early in the morning. May 30, 2006.

Nicely done, Cirrus. I dig it.

This isn't my favorite tree pic, but it's definitely my most interesting. It took me months to figure out what the heck was happening here:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/11...2591ea9c47.jpg

Turns out that it's a palm inflorescence (cluster of flowers) that the palm tree was producing to attract pollinators. Of course, since this was taken in Long Beach, CA I'm guessing there weren't too many of the tree's native pollinators around.

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East Rim, Zion NP
http://utahbp.com/albums/eastrim/IMG_4159.sized.jpg

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Dude, that tree is awesome! I love the curves :nod:

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Originally Posted by Summit42

One more with the fam for sense of proportion.

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Good idea - I thought it was much smaller than that in the first shot. Very cool tree!

tree in willis creek, GSENM

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3...eeshadowwc.jpg

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Nicely done, Cirrus. I dig it.

This isn't my favorite tree pic, but it's definitely my most interesting. It took me months to figure out what the heck was happening here:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/11...2591ea9c47.jpg

Turns out that it's a palm inflorescence (cluster of flowers) that the palm tree was producing to attract pollinators. Of course, since this was taken in Long Beach, CA I'm guessing there weren't too many of the tree's native pollinators around.

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That thing just makes me uncomfortable. Not sure why, but I just don't like it, yet somehow, I cannot look away. (kinda like the Kramer)

wichita mountains


http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/90...600x600Q85.jpg

ozarks

http://inlinethumb20.webshots.com/87...600x600Q85.jpg

Big Leaf Maple, Northern California, May 2000[velvia]
http://www.math.utah.edu/~sfolias/sc/HumboldtMaple.jpg

I love trees as well - here is a pic I took of one in Hawaii last year

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Originally Posted by kris247

Nicely done, Cirrus. I dig it.

This isn't my favorite tree pic, but it's definitely my most interesting. It took me months to figure out what the heck was happening here:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/11...2591ea9c47.jpg

Turns out that it's a palm inflorescence (cluster of flowers) that the palm tree was producing to attract pollinators. Of course, since this was taken in Long Beach, CA I'm guessing there weren't too many of the tree's native pollinators around.

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That thing just makes me uncomfortable. Not sure why, but I just don't like it, yet somehow, I cannot look away. (kinda like the Kramer)

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Yup, truly disturbing. Vaguely Alien-esque...

Nice shots all around.

yeah ... well ... so what if i'm a treehugger? :haha:

The President Tree
Sequoia National Park, California, march 1997
http://www.math.utah.edu/~sfolias/sc/sequoia.jpg

I have way too many tree pics to stop at one but here goes. Trees are sweet.

Does anyone remember this old tree? It's in the Windows section at Arches...

http://www.richardbarron.net/conflue...wssunset20.jpg

Summit42: I love that Crack Canyon tree too. I have some really good ones from a few years ago from ground level looking up into the sky. I will have to find and scan them.

Another Swell tree:

..... and another:

I like aspens, have lots of photos of them. This is just the latest, driving over some little mountain from Naturita, CO to Montrose, CO.

Near Mt. Francis

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The Swell of course...

The fruit from this tree is meant to fill one with joy. I tried to get my older brothers to try it, but for some reason, they would not. Idiots...

http://theheretik.typepad.com/the_he..._of_life_1.jpg

:lol8: good one. And just to the right is a big 'ole building.....

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nice summit ... mesmerizing :2thumbs:

Adding a coupla fall colors from recent days.

A little snow on Dromedary

http://wowasatch.com/pictures/Summer.../dromadary.jpg


And a little frost on colored leaves.

http://wowasatch.com/pictures/Summer...025/leaves.jpg

Almost, trees.

East Zion

Backlit aspen

http://wowasatch.com/pictures/Summer...30/backlit.jpg

with a bit of snow on the branches from today.

I love both of these shots! :hail2thechief: :hail2thechief:

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Originally Posted by Richard Barron

Does anyone remember this old tree? It's in the Windows section at Arches...

http://www.richardbarron.net/conflue...wssunset20.jpg

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:eek2: :hail2thechief:

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Originally Posted by rockgremlin

The fruit from this tree is meant to fill one with joy. I tried to get my older brothers to try it, but for some reason, they would not. Idiots...

http://theheretik.typepad.com/the_he..._of_life_1.jpg

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Exceptional!


It's good I dont look at these types of threads too often... Most of the posts would just be me saying :eek2:

opps :ne_nau:

[b]sitka spruces, olympic coast, WA

Found in Fat Man's Misery ~ it looks like some kind of ram creature, right? The eye socket even has a little pinecone for a pupil. Now check out the ram's forehead. See it? It looks like the face of the "West Wind" from a children's storybook!

If you have a really good imagination, you can kind of see another face on the rams nose!

Non-descript piece o wood?
Or multidimensional work of canyon art?

~Randi

That is wild! Reminds me even more of a dinosaur, with a huge bone like horn coming out of the top. Fun pic.

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Originally Posted by Randi

Found in Fat Man's Misery ~ it looks like some kind of ram creature, right? The eye socket even has a little pinecone for a pupil. Now check out the ram's forehead. See it? It looks like the face of the "West Wind" from a children's storybook!

If you have a really good imagination, you can kind of see another face on the rams nose!

Non-descript piece o wood?
Or multidimensional work of canyon art?

~Randi

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To me it looks like a hand making an "OK" sign.