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« Thread Started on Sept 16, 2009, 8:46pm »		[Quote]
So many nice ones around here. I thought I'd post some pics. I took yesterday whilst on a walk. If you have any of trees that you'd like to share, please post them on here:

The ATV's have been over this patch quite a few times now:

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« Reply #1 on Sept 17, 2009, 4:31pm »		[Quote]
See those pine trees with their low bare branches? I used to have a lot of those in the woodland on my farm and I used a saw to take off the lowest branches so we could walk through. The children make a 'camp' on the carpet of pineneedles.
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« Reply #2 on Sept 17, 2009, 9:10pm »		[Quote]
Yep, pine needles are good for that, make a nice base for the tent when out camping too.
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« Reply #3 on Sept 18, 2009, 3:15am »		[Quote]
I love the smell of pine woods.
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« Reply #4 on Sept 18, 2009, 1:01pm »		[Quote]
While wandering around the grounds of the Wat Pho temple complex in Bangkok, I came across this unusual tree and clearly ancient tree, which had inexplicably lost its leaves but was growing new ones. Why would this happen at this time of year in a place without seasons?

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At the same time, it was blooming, but the very strange flowers emerge from little stems on the trunk of the tree, totally different from the other branches.

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I found that I needed to sit and look at this tree, so I found a bench in the shade and just tried to piece it together into a logical item of vegetation.

While I was sitting there, a tour guide came by with a tourist couple and explained to them that this tree was of capital importance, because the Buddha was born and also died in the shade of such a tree more than 2500 years ago.

I looked it up on the internet and found that it is a sala tree, one of the oldest living fossil plants in the world. They are diminishing in number in Southeast Asia, because they are very difficult to keep alive with the changing climate, and new ones refuse to grow.
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« Reply #5 on Sept 18, 2009, 1:09pm »		[Quote]
What an interesting tree. It looks like it's having a battle with itself, but wanting so badly to survive and not die. (I know, I'm such a romantic aren't I) ;D

I wonder what other countries are home to this kind of tree?
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« Reply #6 on Sept 18, 2009, 4:49pm »		[Quote]
They must also be in Lumbini in Nepal. I was there but I didn't see a tree like that one. The Buddha was born at Lumbini. And yes, he was born and died under a Sala tree. It's exquisitely beautiful.
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« Reply #7 on Sept 18, 2009, 6:09pm »		[Quote]
What a lovely legend, and a fascinating tree and flower!
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« Reply #8 on Sept 24, 2009, 6:50am »		[Quote]
The dwindling loquats on the tree by my porch:
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« Reply #9 on Sept 29, 2009, 7:10am »		[Quote]
Eucalyptus tree in El Llano park in Oaxaca. Taken today.

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NOTE: this picture was uploaded with the nifty new feature to be found at the very bottom of every page of AnyPort, on the far left. I suggest right-clicking on it & selecting Open Link in New Window. Please be sure to resize your large pictures (select "message board 640x480")
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« Reply #10 on Apr 2, 2010, 3:36pm »		[Quote]
A squirrel nest up in a tree in the park:

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« Reply #11 on Apr 12, 2010, 3:30pm »		[Quote]
Trees in the woods at the back of my house:

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We have quite a few squirrels around the area, I tried to get a photo of a couple yesterday but they were too quick for me. But here are a bunch of squirrel nests in this tree. I'm just fascinated as to why they would build so many on the one tree?

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I was trying find things in bloom (for casi's gardening thread), but the best I could come up with is this - and I think it's only moss of some kind on the tree:

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« Reply #12 on Apr 12, 2010, 3:32pm »		[Quote]
Anyone have any idea what this stuff is on the tree? It can be picked off and feels like soft cotton - kind of:

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« Reply #13 on Apr 12, 2010, 3:34pm »		[Quote]
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And what is this black sticky kind of substance that is on some of the branches on some trees/bushes?:

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And here it is again:

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« Reply #14 on Apr 12, 2010, 3:37pm »		[Quote]
This huge tree ( I couldn't get it all in the picture frame) has simply been pulled out by the roots - probably by the strong windy storms we get in the winter months:

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« Reply #15 on Apr 12, 2010, 4:32pm »		[Quote]

Apr 12, 2010, 3:32pm, deyana wrote:
Anyone have any idea what this stuff is on the tree? It can be picked off and feels like soft cotton - kind of
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I know, I know! It's a lichen. Don't ask me which one, though. (There are actually at least TWO kinds in this photo.)
Lichens are symbiotic conjoining of an algae and a fungus. The fungus provides the structure and the algae the chlorophyll for their coexistence.


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And what is this black sticky kind of substance that is on some of the branches on some trees/bushes?
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This is called "black knot fungus" and it's found only on cherry trees and its relatives. Is this a chokecherry?
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Quote by Kimby: '' Lichens are symbiotic conjoining of an algae and a fungus. The fungus provides the structure and the algae the chlorophyll for their coexistence.

This is called "black knot fungus" and it's found only on cherry trees and its relatives. Is this a chokecherry?''

Thanks, Kimby. Now I know what it is! I couldn't take my eyes off the stuff and was wondering and wondering.... I don't really know my trees very well, it might very well be a chokecherry. I'll have to go and check in the summer months...as long as I can find it again.
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« Reply #17 on Apr 15, 2010, 3:39pm »		[Quote]

Apr 12, 2010, 7:59pm, deyana wrote:
I don't really know my trees very well, it might very well be a chokecherry. I'll have to go and check in the summer months...as long as I can find it again.

You can find it, just look for the "black knot" ;)
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« Reply #18 on Apr 15, 2010, 9:30pm »		[Quote]
Kimby, you do know how many acres I live around? Miles and miles of wood land....

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« Reply #19 on Apr 15, 2010, 9:38pm »		[Quote]
If there's a little black knot, there's probably a lot. Find a different one!
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« Reply #20 on Apr 15, 2010, 9:43pm »		[Quote]
I should be able to do that then. As long it's not the exact same knot. ;D And if I can get though the bushs in the summer.
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« Reply #21 on Apr 17, 2010, 7:28am »		[Quote]
Pirul ~ pink peppercorn tree ~ Schinus molle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schinus_molle

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« Reply #22 on Apr 26, 2010, 3:30am »		[Quote]
Delonix regia

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« Reply #23 on Apr 26, 2010, 11:12am »		[Quote]
What an outrageous tree Bixa!! I can't decide which shot I like the best,they're all wonderful. Is this a tree in the city or out where you are?
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« Reply #24 on Apr 26, 2010, 11:26am »		[Quote]
This is one tree in the centre of Buenos Aires. I don't know what kind it is -- I think it's some kind of rubber or gum tree.
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Here it is closer to the trunk
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« Reply #25 on Apr 26, 2010, 2:40pm »		[Quote]
Wow, that bottom tree looks like it must be at least 100 years old, bjd. Any idea of it's age?

Here's one with no leaves (as yet):

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Apr 26, 2010, 11:12am, casimira wrote:
What an outrageous tree Bixa!! I can't decide which shot I like the best,they're all wonderful. Is this a tree in the city or out where you are?

Oh ~~ thanks so much. Please go here, Reply #283 for some details and to see that tree in situ.
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« Reply #28 on May 4, 2010, 9:00pm »		[Quote]
Very nice k2! (great depth of field!)
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That is in creepy volcanic Auvergne, a few years ago.
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