Ponderosa number 5 is insane! Another example of bark looking dramatically different with different aged trees. Would love to see it someday. -Andrew
doug bidlack wrote: > WNTS and ENTS, > > Ponderosa pine was with us wherever we went last month in Southern > California. We saw it at the southernmost park that we visited, Cuyamaca > Rancho SP, and we saw it in Sequoia National Forest a good deal farther North > as well. The first two pictures show the fattest one that we saw near the > southern entrance of Cuyamaca Rancho SP. I thought it was funny when the > park ranger told us to stick our noses in the bark and smell. Now where have > I heard that before? > > Image #3 A burned up but still attractive Ponderosa pine. Near this > particular dead pine we were following some mountain lion tracks on the > trail. Very cool. > > Image #4 This shot was taken along brushy creek which is a tributary of the > Kern River well upstream of Isabella Lake. It is within Sequoia National > Forest near where my parents were camping in Kernville on the north side of > Lake Isabella. There are no Ponderosa pines in this picture. I only put it > in to show the dramatic contrast between this dry, scrubby site with the next > picture. Don mentioned that California is a botanist's dream...I would go > much further and say that it is a naturalists dream! The changes in scenery > can be so great that they are nearly unbelievable. After our hike up and > down this creek we decided to drive a little farther up the road to see what > we might find. I saw a sign that read "Trail of 100 Giants" and it indicated > that it wasn't very far. Ofcourse we had to check it out! > > Image #5 Wow what a fat Ponderosa pine! Does this picture look even > remotely like the previous one? Hard to believe they are only separated by a > few miles. > > Doug > > -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
