Western Traveler1
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Big tree thread
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westbranch
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We stopped to admire a big cedar grove at just under 5k ft elevation a few years ago. Similar to what Randy said, most we see are in creek bottoms. A lot of big trees and devil's club in the creek bottoms that where were down to 2,500 ft. I think the few elk and deer here die of old age or predators.
Devils club at <3k ft:
Devils club at <3k ft:
nastynate
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Again, not big. But cool. This Alligator Juniper grew in a spiral pattern... interesting.
Carl 9.3x62
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I'm amazed any tree could grow out on the wind swept prairie of SE Wyoming
BrentD
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Your photo reminded me of another tree on an equally windswept, empty part of Wyoming.
Everything seemed to orient from this tree. Antelope, cattle and people used it for shade, butchery, and orientiering. The ground under it was trampled and eroded to the point that the roots were exposed and worn. Not sure how it survived and I wonder if it still does. Antelope unit 67. Anyone seen it lately?
Trees like that are some of the most interesting, and beautiful trees on the landscape in my opinion.
Carl 9.3x62
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It's fun to think of all of things that they have seen during their life.
Carl 9.3x62
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I'll keep an eye out for it if I ever make it to that part.
antlerradar
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The old juniper is over 12 feet around. Most of the branches are dead and if you knock on the trunk it sounds like a drum, but she is still clinging to life. Hasn't changed much in the last 50 years. Hard to comprehend all the changes that have happened in its life time. 
Brittany Chukarman
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Willow tree out in the pasture. The last few years windstorms have been taking down more and more of it. I don't know the story of the spindle, a lot more of it was showing when I bought the place 30 years ago.
Derek44
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Ea. WA. Nice little trail to a few of these. Fun day with my girls
Western Traveler1
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Avenue of the Giants
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MThuntr
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This Ponderosa is over 400 years old according to my increment borer. I didn't make it to the center. Area burnt in 2012
What was the diameter?
MThuntr
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Around 34dhb. Not really that big of a tree. Similar Ponderosa in the bottom was only 112
That’s crazy! It was a ponderosa? Not something like a brisclecone? That diameter seems super small for a tree of that age from my experience.
BrentD
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This is kind of interesting with respect to the oldest Ponderosa (google foo was working tonight).
I thought the oldest Ponderosa would be in El Malpais National Monument, but apparently not.
I thought the oldest Ponderosa would be in El Malpais National Monument, but apparently not.
MThuntr
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Nope we were in the Frank Church up on a shitty ridge on a 65% west facing slope. Definitely a ponderosa. Only thing that I could think of was there were 2 similar sized trees that had burnt in 2012 that it was competing with
