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Post by pontiac1940 on Nov 23, 2018 5:19:15 GMT
My DIL wanted some pine cones for crafts and I knew where there was a good source along a path to a trout stream. I had to go to the summer place and so was able to make a side trip. This is on a windswept, rocky ridge just off the highway. Near Burmis, Alberta. Note: I tried cropping the left tree, then the right tree and then both. Decided to leave bits of both. Neither side tree is "whole" on the original image and not much has been cropped off.  |
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Post by Lillias on Nov 23, 2018 14:40:39 GMT
There is something very architectural about the dead and weathered white pine. Love it and for me the bits of the other trees on either side don't detract from it at all.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Nov 23, 2018 16:09:26 GMT
Thank you Lillias. Appreciate your thoughts.
A few meters from this dead tree is a wind-bent live pine...Will take a snapshot one day...if I remember.
Clive
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Post by whippet on Nov 23, 2018 20:20:15 GMT
It saddens me to see dead trees. But the shapes are usually amazing. And look at the beautiful colour of the pine. Hope you managed to find some cones, Clive. I have a small pine in my garden.. . . with cones on it.  |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Nov 24, 2018 3:33:18 GMT
whippet Thanks. The shapes are interesting. This is most likely a limber pine. This dead tree was maybe 4 feet tall by 6 feet or so. The other pine trees surrounding it were all hale indicating this one probably received some damage and perhaps died over several years. I'd make a wild guess that this tree was 200 years old or possibly more. ( See here. The Burmis Tree is about 5 km from the tree I photographed.) They are slow growing because this is stony, dry ground and the actual growing season is about 3 months...they put in new growth in May through July and in most years, the soil (such as it is) is dried out by August and they start shutting down for the season even though winter is weeks away. Clive |
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Post by whippet on Nov 24, 2018 20:40:44 GMT
Thank you for the information and link, Clive.
I then looked up the oldest tree on record - The oldest age for a tree that has ever been recorded is approximately 5,200 years old. A bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) known as Prometheus was cut down from Mt Wheeler in Nevada, USA in 1963. Although 4,867 rings were counted, the tree was growing in a harsh environment which slowed its development, and thus its actual age is believed to have been approximately 5,200 years old.
Makes yours a youngster, doesn't it.  |
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