Re: What is your favorite forest tree.
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Nothing like smelling Ponderosa Pines on a warm day. Redwoods and old growth cedars are mighty impressive. Those krummholz white pines at high elevation in the Rockies are neat. And lastly the sound of cottonwoods in the breeze. And can’t forgot the tamaracks.
Trees are cool.
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Re: What is your favorite forest tree.
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Nothing like smelling Ponderosa Pines on a warm day. Redwoods and old growth cedars are mighty impressive. Those krummholz white pines at high elevation in the Rockies are neat. And lastly the sound of cottonwoods in the breeze. And can’t forgot the tamaracks.
Trees are cool. Yep and I'll add one more. Birch trees.
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Re: What is your favorite forest tree.
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Nothing like smelling Ponderosa Pines on a warm day. Redwoods and old growth cedars are mighty impressive. Those krummholz white pines at high elevation in the Rockies are neat. And lastly the sound of cottonwoods in the breeze. And can’t forgot the tamaracks.
Trees are cool. Definitely like the Cottonwoods along the streams here in Idaho. You are right about trees being cool. I even like the juniper tree standing alone by itself in the desert.
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Re: What is your favorite forest tree.
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Alaska Yellow Cedar, which is actually a cypress. Strong, dense, rot resistant, beautiful appearance lumber, easy to work with, and a nice odor imo. It grows in the cascade mountains from southern Oregon, through Washington, and up through coastal BC, and up to northern SE Alaska.
The largest specimens of the species probably come from the central cascades of Washington. I know of a particular region where 4-6 footers are common and 8-10 footers can be found pretty easily. These trees have from 40 to 50 growth rings to the inch. You do the math.
You show me where there are yellow cedars and I'll bet that I can catch a marten there.
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Re: What is your favorite forest tree.
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11/29/23 02:12 AM
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That's a great question!
For natives of my area it probably would be Garyanna white oak. But my most emotional connection with a non-native was undoubtably a visit to the Morton Arboretum in Nebraska City, Nebraska where I got to see the native American chestnut grove planted by Caroline Morton in 1856. All of the trees were over 100 feet tall and were loaded with chestnuts the 30th of September 1985 when I visited. Squirrels were leaping around in the crowns knocking nuts down. The trees all had breast height diameters of at least 36" or more. It was absolutely magic.
Unfortunately I learned that the grove later succumbed to eastern chestnut blight.
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Re: What is your favorite forest tree.
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Nothing like smelling Ponderosa Pines on a warm day. Redwoods and old growth cedars are mighty impressive. Those krummholz white pines at high elevation in the Rockies are neat. And lastly the sound of cottonwoods in the breeze. And can’t forgot the tamaracks.
Trees are cool. Definitely like the Cottonwoods along the streams here in Idaho. You are right about trees being cool. I even like the jumper tree standing alone by itself in the desert. I almost commented on that myself. Love them big ol' Junipers that are loners up on a ridge of sagebrush and rock.
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Re: What is your favorite forest tree.
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11/29/23 02:23 AM
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Never really thought about it. I like most all trees. I guess I can narrow it down to two. I like the sugar maples due to their brilliant fall colors and the fact that you can tap them to make maple syrup. And I like the hickories because they were always the trees I'd hunt squirrels in the first of September when season opened, and picking enough nutmeats from them for a cake can kill a whole month of evenings, lol.
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Re: What is your favorite forest tree.
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11/29/23 04:14 AM
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I agree with Angela on the Sugar Maple. Why anyone would choose any other tree is beyond me. Maple syrup, beautiful fall colors, wonderful valuable hardwood lumber and high quality firewood all in one nearly perfect tree. I do also really like black cherry and eastern hemlock as well as a host of others but these top my list.
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Re: What is your favorite forest tree.
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I like most trees but Eastern White Cedar is probably my favorite. The lumber is gorgeous, lasts forever and smells fantastic.
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Re: What is your favorite forest tree.
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I like beech trees for the amount of food they provide and the thickets they form. I really like white oaks because of the way their acorns are preferred over red oak acorns by almost every critter. I also enjoy working with that species of wood. Eastern white cedars are cool, so are white pines.
OK, I don’t have just one favorite.
Eh...wot?
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Re: What is your favorite forest tree.
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Beechnut Cedar Swamps and their Aspen ridges in color. White Pine
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Re: What is your favorite forest tree.
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I agree with Grandpa and lug nut....."When I lived back East I always liked the Eastern Hemlock, Pennsylvania's State Tree with the Mighty Oak tree right up there with it. Here in the West, I love the Aspen especially with its golden leaves in the Fall. How about yours?" When I was a kid in NJ there was no one teaching the names of trees and I called the beech "elephant skin trees"
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Re: What is your favorite forest tree.
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I like the smell of the pines in the mountains, and here where we deer hunt its the oak trees. My favorite tree though, has to be the giant Cottonwoods that grow out here on the prairie.
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