Album Trees

[Artemus]

I've recently found myself envious of our beloved desert pines. They witness decades as we do seasons. What makes life possible doesn't come easy, but they thrive. One may slowly struggle to establish itself only to be washed away upon infancy, while in the case of the Pinus Monophylla may live up to 1000 years.

It's not an easy life, but one worth lived.


Zion Pinyon by slc_dan, on Flickr

Great Pic and Great Tree!

 

[b.stark]

Some driftwood along the missouri river.

 

[Ugly]

It can add extra suck to bushwacking, but maybe the gambel doesn't get enough love? On my consistent trails near my house some stand out more than others.

 

[kwc]

Late September in the southern Adirondacks

 

[kwc]

"tree-ish" ... from the Mt. Marathon trail, Seward, AK

 

[gnwatts]

Do dead trees count?

Lake Powell

 

[slc_dan]

Do dead trees count?

Lake Powell

The tree of life forever commemorating death in the heart of Canyon Country.

nice.

 

[Jon Carbaugh]

 

[Jon Carbaugh]

 

[chandlerwest]

I mentioned in my latest trip report how the Glacier NP 2015 Reynolds Creek Fire had destroyed an entire valley of pretty cool windswept krumholtz like trees. Here is a before and after attempt. 2016 vs 2011

 

[Brendan S]

I love trees. Especially cottonwoods and the crazy things they do to survive in the desert. Post your photos of cool, beautiful or unusual trees and forests you've experienced here.

I really liked this Cottonwood with it's buds just popping open near the top of Halls Creek Narrows.
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And this one in Maidenwater Canyon is one of my favorite Cottonwoods. It was so hard to photograph because of the mixed light, but it was amazing to see. Awesome how it had grown up the wall to get to the light and managed to get SO big and strong in the process. There's not much there for scale, but the smaller trees and bushes were pretty much average human height or more. That thing is huge!
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I think this is your cottonwood, Nick (the Maidenwater one)

_DSC4362 by Brendan Swihart, on Flickr

 

[Nick]

I think this is your cottonwood, Nick (the Maidenwater one)

_DSC4362 by Brendan Swihart, on Flickr

Oh man! That must have been quite the flood! That was a really cool tree, but it was inevitable, I suppose.

The before picture for those not wanting to skip back to the first page:

 

[Yvonne]

I love trees!! And I visit my favorite tree quite often

 

[Scott Chandler]

Found an odd tree today in Zion. I'm pretty sure it's a peach.

 

[Yvonne]

Found an odd tree today in Zion. I'm pretty sure it's a peach.

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there are two peach trees along highway 9. If you're there the right time of the year, you can pick the fruits
This happens when someone tosses away the pit

 

[NateGeesaman]

Loop by Nate Geesaman, on Flickr ¿Bristlecone? above Death Hollow in Dixie National Forest

 

[wsp_scott]

A couple interesting trees from the Smokies. Supposedly, the Cherokee would bend young saplings to grow into "road markers". No idea if that is what made these trees, but it is a cool story.

 

[NateGeesaman]

Bristlecone at 10,200 ft Table-2 by Nate Geesaman, on Flickr

 

[Yvonne]

as a big tree fan I couldn't resist taking a picture of this one on my Thanksgiving hike

 

[piper01]

Big Bend National Park