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| Red Fir | Lodgepole Pine | Cedar on the rocks |
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| Sugar Pine | Western White Pine | Jeffrey Pine |
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| Gnarly dead juniper | Dew on Bull Pine needles |
Utah Juniper in Canyonlands National Park |
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| Forest debris, Sierra National Forest | Bristlecone pine cone | Bristlecone pines - the world's oldest living thing |
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| Cut end of log, with pitch oozing out | Close up of the ring pattern | Grandfather Tree near Richardson Grove on California Highway 101 |
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| Drippy evergreen needles near Pt. Reyes | Woodpecker larder tree | Coast redwood bark |
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| Jeffrey Pine at Stargazer Rock | Jeffrey Pines cover this hillside | Dew on evergreens at Point Reyes Seashore |
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| Old Granddad Tree, Nelder Grove, Sierra National Forest | Bull Buck Tree, Nelder Grove | Base of Bull Buck |
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Woodpecker larder tree, San Joaquin Gorge |
Red firs near Rock Creek | Big sugar pine in an area with no other sugar pines |
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| Dead bull pines with many cones | Mature bull pine | Fallen bull pine |
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| Junipers thrive in rocky areas | Harsh winters keep the trees "pruned" | Rugged juniper on June Lake Loop near Mono Lake |
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| Giant Sequoias on Redwood Mountain | ||
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| A future fir forest | ||
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Top of a big sugar pine in Nelder Grove, Madera County CA |
Limber pine bark | Ponderosa pine |
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| Dead Jeffrey Pine, Mono Hot Springs, Fresno County CA | Jeffrey Pine on Alta Vista Peak knows which way the wind blows | Tree near top of peak survives despite harsh conditions |
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| The octomom of pine trees |
Pine cones gathered at San Joaquin Gorge |
White fir rises above most other trees |
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| Guardian pines on a ridge top | Cones on deodar, Clovis, CA | Close-up of the cones |
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Bristlecone pines in Great Basin National Park |
An especially fine example of nature's sculpture work | This dead bristlecone stands like a sentinel at the edge of the grove |
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| A close look at those bristly cones | Dead tops testify to the rugged environment endured by bristlecones | Male bull pine cones |
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| Thick evergreen forest by the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park | Piñon cone in Great Basin National Park, Nevada | Juniper in Great Basin Park |
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| Dead piñon in Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado | A striking juniper in the monument | A large piñon tree in Dinosaur National Monument |
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| Drooping branch on bull pine | Still puts out lots of cones | Twin giants along the Shadow of the Giants Trail in Nelder Grove |
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| Exposed root in the Chimney Tree Trail at Nelder Grove | Ancient cedar log | A fine incense cedar specimen |
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| Close-up of cedar bark | Bull pines cut down and cut up near Lake Millerton | Young pines and cedars in Sierra National Forest |
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| Ponderosa pine, a rare sight near the coast, Cowell Redwoods State Park | Young bull pine shares space with a large bush lupine | A young bull pine |
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| Fungus on bull pine | Bull Pine
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Digger Pine) (J. Sidney photo) |
Knob cone pines in Cowell Park |
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Redwood log section hosts several varieties of fungus |
Rugged juniper along US Highway 6 in Nevada | Base of a large cedar on the Lewis Creek Trail |
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| Big western white pine | Cones from Western White Pine | Two lodgepole pines, one vertical |
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Juniper on the Kaiser Pass Road |
Newly fallen Jeffrey Pine at Bald Mountain Base Camp... |
...and the way it looked a year earlier |
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| Western white pine on the Taft Point Trail in Yosemite | Base of Western white pine | Red firs on the trail |
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| Cones on deodar cedars |
Cones by the Old Town Trail in Clovis |
Distinctive bark of a ponderosa pine |
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Ponderosa on Old Yosemite Road above Oakhurst |
Raindrops on pine tree in the mountains above Oakhurst | This bull pine really shows why its other name is gray pine |
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A bull pine with more than enough cones |
Young bull pine beside the road into the San Joaquin Gorge | These pines germinated when the lake was low due to drought |
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| Leaning pine by the San Joaquin River Trail | Are these cones what make it lean? | Lots of pine cones on the ground at San Joaquin Gorge |
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| The General Grant Tree | ||
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| A stately fir towers over its neighbors above Huntington Lake | Red firs beside the Rancheria Falls Trail near Huntington Lake |
This young fir has a nice crop of cones |
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Flower with a big red fir as background |
The morning sun caught these sugar pine cones just right | You could see sap drip from this trio every minute or so |
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| Jeffrey pine near Stargazer Rock... | ...and its badly stunted little relative | We call this a "saguaro" cedar tree |
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| The Boole Tree, Sequoia National Forest (Wes Thiessen photo) | A majestic juniper, dead but still standing tall and proud | These trees remind me of an old couple that has faced the storms of life |
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| This tree above Kaiser Pass seems to say, "come on, go this way." | Nature creates a beautiful sculpture in this lodgepole pine | Top of a dead Jeffrey Pine |
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| Another Courtright area juniper | A striking dead juniper near Maxson trailhead | Not very tall, but very sturdy |
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| Its fellow trees kept this specimen from falling all the way down | ||
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| A stately Jeffrey Pine near Bear Creek Camp | ||
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| One more woodpecker tree | This tree seemed to compensate for impending death with extra branches | A twisted lodgepole near Courtright |
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| Don't touch! (Unless you want your hands covered with sticky pitch) | A dramatic dead tree atop a dome in the Courtright Reservoir area | Red firs and green foliage |
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| Bright green moss is common throughout the Sierra National Forest | ||
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| This bull pine made its mark when it fell | Afternoon sun hits this bull pine near Pine Flat Lake | Male pine cones along the Clovis trail |
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| Evergreens on a ridge along Highway 33 in the Los Padres National Forest | Another tree of uncertain species along Highway 33 |
A cedar with a big burl, next to a large fir at California Flats |
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| Douglas fir in the Feather River Canyon | Rugged red fir in Lassen National Park | This pine battled back against the harsh Lassen Park winters |
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| Douglas Fir in the King Range | Bishop Pines in Jug Handle Preserve, Mendocino County | Douglas fir in Jackson Demonstration State Forest on State Highway 20 |
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| A magnificent western white pine above Kaiser Pass | Red fir forest along the Bald Mountain Road | Lone sugar pine in a place they usually don't grow |
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| A twisted Jeffrey pine | And a big one that had a little twist in its youth | A young tree embraces a reluctant deceased ancestor |
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| Cedar cones | This hollow stump is completely covered with moss, inside and out |
Stump in Russian Gulch State Park supports young growtih |
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| Rotting away, but still standing | This tree had a fork that broke off completely | Here's the fallen section |
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| Evergreen sampler: Fir, cedar and pine | Bull pines (AKA digger pines) at San Joaquin Gorge | More San Joaquin Gorge bull pines |
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| Bull pines and black oaks from Deadwood Grade on Highway 41 above Oakhurst | Bull Pine at Pine Flat Camp | A rugged old bull pine near Sky Harbor |
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Bull pine with woodpecker holes at San Joaquin Gorge |
Bull pines and clouds | Western hemlock in Lassen National Park |
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| A western white pine by the Bald Mountain Road |
The remains of a big evergreen, probably Jeffrey pine |
Lots of Jeffrey pine cones |
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| Twisted Jeffrey pine testifies to the harsh life on top of this dome near Courtright | Jeffrey pine by rock formation at New Stargazer Rock campsite |
Bluish green needles identify these as young red firs |
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| Horizontal Jeffrey pine on Teri's Dome near Courtright | ||
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| Jeffrey pine battles the harsh conditions on 7,500 foot Buena Vista Peak | A determined cedar in Nelder Grove | Red fir branches on the Rancheria Falls Trail |
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| A magnificent sugar pine in Sequoia Park | Dead
Jeffrey pine along the Buena Vista Peak Trail |
Western white pine near Courtright Reservoir |
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| Western white pine at White Bark Vista | This
fir tree was bent over by snow, but continues its upward trajectory |
Sugar Pine in Calaveras Big Tree State Park |
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| Pacific Yew in Calaveras Big Trees State Park | Yew needles resemble
fir, but the bark is very different |
Lodgepole Pines trying to take over a meadow |
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| Bristlecone pines on Utah Highway 14 | A
heavy snow did a number on this lodgepole when it was young |
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