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Mar 25, 2014 20:19:40 GMT
Post by htmb on Mar 25, 2014 20:19:40 GMT
Oh, yes, you're right, Mossie!
That photo was taken yesterday; a very cold, but clear day. Today I imagine their branches are thick with snow since it's fallen for the past twelve hours.
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Mar 25, 2014 21:44:17 GMT
Post by rikita on Mar 25, 2014 21:44:17 GMT
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Mar 25, 2014 21:58:48 GMT
Post by htmb on Mar 25, 2014 21:58:48 GMT
Very pretty, Rikita!
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Mar 26, 2014 1:35:02 GMT
Post by fumobici on Mar 26, 2014 1:35:02 GMT
Indeed. What beautiful composition and color.
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Mar 26, 2014 22:28:03 GMT
Post by rikita on Mar 26, 2014 22:28:03 GMT
thanks!
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Mar 29, 2014 5:02:24 GMT
Post by questa on Mar 29, 2014 5:02:24 GMT
This tree is called "the scholar tree" Pic taken Beijing. The 2nd pic is a normal view and maybe the tree got that name because it makes a good shade for scholars to sit in with their teacher.
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Mar 29, 2014 5:13:05 GMT
Post by htmb on Mar 29, 2014 5:13:05 GMT
A lovely tree. It's nice you showed it from underneath, because it certainly looks very different when viewing straight on.
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May 4, 2014 15:33:03 GMT
Post by mossie on May 4, 2014 15:33:03 GMT
Took myself for a walk round my locality this morning. Part of the way was along this path beside which are these old oak trees. The path marks the boundary between two parishes and it was customary to plant trees on such boundaries and there are many more along this path. From this comes the quaint old custom of "beating the bounds" as detailed here. www.strangebritain.co.uk/traditions/bounds.html
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Jul 19, 2014 19:12:01 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2014 19:12:01 GMT
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Jul 19, 2014 21:34:14 GMT
Post by amboseli on Jul 19, 2014 21:34:14 GMT
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Aug 16, 2014 19:47:15 GMT
Post by mossie on Aug 16, 2014 19:47:15 GMT
Staverton Thicks, supposed to be part of the original forest which covered England before humanity arrived. These oaks are reputed to be over 400 years old.
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Aug 16, 2014 23:10:07 GMT
Post by questa on Aug 16, 2014 23:10:07 GMT
Mossie, surely the first one is an Ent? From what Tolkein tells us, this fellow fits the picture so well.
How many 'things' can you see in the gnarled wood...2nd pic has a wombat face looking out from the lower left.
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Aug 17, 2014 10:07:23 GMT
Post by mossie on Aug 17, 2014 10:07:23 GMT
There are more where that one came from. This is not a place that I would want to be alone in on a dark night. It is rumoured that some of these trees roam about at night and talk to one another.
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Aug 17, 2014 15:04:26 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2014 15:04:26 GMT
Those are certainly all extremely venerable. Of course, people with no sense of aesthetics would probably say it's time to pull them all down and plant some new saplings.
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Aug 17, 2014 16:13:25 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2014 16:13:25 GMT
In North America, one argument in forestry practices is that 400 year old trees are very rare, even in remote locations. Forest fires frequently occur through lightning strikes, and modern firefighting has preserved huge stands of trees that ordinarily would have been long since burnt. Of course, I don't think that is any excuse to cut down old trees, just an interesting perspective on the whole nature/nurture management of forests.
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Aug 17, 2014 16:50:57 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2014 16:50:57 GMT
I would tend to imagine that North America has more older trees than Europe, because nearly all of the European forests (except Scandinavia) were cut down by the 17th and early 18th centuries. The forested surface of France, for example, has doubled since 1850.
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Aug 17, 2014 17:03:44 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2014 17:03:44 GMT
I loved this tree in Paris, standing during the Revolution:
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Aug 17, 2014 20:53:00 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Aug 17, 2014 20:53:00 GMT
A forester once told me, looking at a stand of big old trees in a Wisconsin state park, that they were "senescent" and should be cut down to make way for faster-growing younger forests. All he saw were dollar signs.
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Aug 17, 2014 21:00:19 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2014 21:00:19 GMT
It all depends on the trees, I suppose. Our property is about 50% red alder and that tree's life span is 40 to sixty years. Then they start rotting off at the base and falling over and bonking people on the heads. No such thing as a 400 year old alder tree, but cedars, oaks, redwoods, sure. But then again, Douglas firs can get to be 600 years old, such as this one: Big-ass tree!
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Aug 17, 2014 22:45:30 GMT
Post by questa on Aug 17, 2014 22:45:30 GMT
www.wollemipine.com/fast_facts.phpA stand of Wollemi pines found in a place that is being kept secret goes back to pre historic times. The stand is in or near the heavily forested Blue Mountain in New South Wales. From new propagations it is possible to have a seedling pine in a pot on your patio...what to give the person who has everything!
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Aug 17, 2014 22:50:47 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2014 22:50:47 GMT
That is fascinating, questa, what gorgeous trees, and it's great that they are keeping the location secret. I know this is a thread for photos of trees, but I couldn't resist digging up this site: World's oldest trees
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Aug 17, 2014 23:50:03 GMT
Post by fumobici on Aug 17, 2014 23:50:03 GMT
I developed a crush on this huge sycamore in square Maurice Gardette in the 11th as it was near where I stayed. I like being around big trees, the Doug Firs in my yard may be bigger than any trees in entire parisian arrondissements. Most of our first growth forests are long gone here, but pockets still stand where they were protected by happenstance or being too expensive to access or log.
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Aug 18, 2014 0:31:35 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 0:31:35 GMT
That is beautiful, fumobici. Sycamores and maples are gorgeous. The bark is so amazing. Like camouflage. We have a madrona (arbutus) in our yard that is about 60 feet high and the trunk is a yard across. We treasure it.
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Aug 29, 2014 23:42:44 GMT
Post by htmb on Aug 29, 2014 23:42:44 GMT
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Aug 30, 2014 2:32:51 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 2:32:51 GMT
Is that a live oak, htmb? I saw my first and only ones in Florida.
I measured my madrona tree the other day to get a handle on its age. It's 9'7" in circumference and according to one chart I consulted, the tree is about 140 years old. I figured maybe 60. It's pretty miraculous seeing the property has been logged a couple of times in the last century.
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Aug 30, 2014 2:42:46 GMT
Post by htmb on Aug 30, 2014 2:42:46 GMT
That's amazing, Lizzy. You're very lucky to have your madrona.
Yes, that is a live oak at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park.
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Aug 30, 2014 19:20:10 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 19:20:10 GMT
I thought that was a moss draping rack rather than a tree.
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Aug 30, 2014 19:34:11 GMT
Post by htmb on Aug 30, 2014 19:34:11 GMT
You've just been away from the south for too long, Kerouac. Of course, I did crop off the green parts. The boardwalk side of the tree is very picturesque and is used by many local professional photographers as a backdrop for engagement photos and the like.
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Sept 11, 2014 20:54:05 GMT
Post by htmb on Sept 11, 2014 20:54:05 GMT
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Sept 12, 2014 18:51:35 GMT
Post by mossie on Sept 12, 2014 18:51:35 GMT
That is a lovely tree and the shadows on the ground turn it into a real picture.
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