Andrew/Doug- I agree!
-DOn > Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:54:40 -0800 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENTS] Ponderosa pine > To: [email protected] > > 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] _________________________________________________________________ Chat with Messenger straight from your Hotmail inbox. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.aspx?ocid=PID23879::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-ww:WM_IMHM_4:092009 -- 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]
