Andrew, It really is amazing isn't it? I wonder if some of the differences might not also be due to the very different climates? Cuyamaca was lower in altitude and farther south...so I'm sure it is a good deal warmer and drier.
Doug --- On Wed, 12/9/09, Andrew Joslin <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Andrew Joslin <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ENTS] Ponderosa pine > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 7:49 PM > 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] > -- 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]
