Big tree thread

[OreIdaElk]

Its really hard to tell from the pictures, very well could be a lodgepole for sure. Lodgepole normally don't take that form, except when they do and much more likely when they're open grown like that. If you ever get back there, look at the needles. If its lodgepole there will be 2 needles per fascicle if its a limber/whitebark, there will be 5 per/fascicle.

Now that I think about it, more probable its a good sized whitebark. Whitebark and Limber are really tough to tell apart, so much so we collect needles for DNA testing.

It caught my eye because I’ve never seen a pine that big other than ponderosa.

 

[Lasiocarpa]

It caught my eye because I’ve never seen a pine that big other than ponderosa.

General location and elevation?

 

[OreIdaElk]

General location and elevation?

8000ft NE Idaho

 

[OreIdaElk]

Quaking Aspen

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

Another big pondo

 

[Irrelevant]

Just got back from a vacation to the eastern Sierras. I couldn't stop taking pics of the giant junipers. Seems like some people consider them a seperate species, Sierra Juniper (Juniperus grandis) or just a large varient of the western Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis). Either way, super cool tree.



I couldn't get a good angle for this one, but the second one back is like 7' in diam

 

[Wild Bill]

Just got back from a vacation to the eastern Sierras. I couldn't stop taking pics of the giant junipers. Seems like some people consider them a seperate species, Sierra Juniper (Juniperus grandis) or just a large varient of the western Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis). Either way, super cool tree.
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I couldn't get a good angle for this one, but the second one back is like 7' in diam
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You ought to create a "Tree of a Lifetime" thread.

Nice looking sticks!

 

[TheGrayRider]

South Dakota. Probably virgin timber. Happy hunting to all, TheGrayRider a/k/a Tom.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

Big Doug Fir, I think.

 

[antlerradar]

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Big Doug Fir, I think.

Cool tree Carl, but aren't you supposed to be posting sheep pictures instead of trees.

 

[Straight Arrow]

The huge Douglas Fir tree that blocked the trail/logging road was de-limbed and cut at both ends to be pulled onto trail for cutting up and moving chunks. As the UTV pulled it down, the monster log rolled down and charged at me like JAWS! Thankfully the chain flipped off, I backed up quickly, and the huge log bounced and rolled down the embankment to rest below the trail.

 

[hank4elk]

Just got back from a vacation to the eastern Sierras. I couldn't stop taking pics of the giant junipers. Seems like some people consider them a seperate species, Sierra Juniper (Juniperus grandis) or just a large varient of the western Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis). Either way, super cool tree.
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I couldn't get a good angle for this one, but the second one back is like 7' in diam
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Sierra Juniper is single species of half a dozen varieties that grow in Sierra's. 8-12k habitat. Have pics somewhere of 12 footers and larger. Largest in CA.
Some big ones on Badger Pass.

 

[Irrelevant]

My mom was a forester for the FS, and I worked through college in the FS Forest Inventory program. I got her a shirt for her birthday a few years ago that says, "Easily distracted by trees"
I find I'm following in her footsteps. I tagged along with a buddy who drew a quality archery tag here in WA this last weekend, and the only pics I took were of trees.
This pondo had some giant limbs

though dead, this was a super cool old doug

 

[2rocky]

https://fb.watch/DOLk8biQcN

 

[Shangobango]

This big pecan is in my front pasture. Biggest one I have ever seen…That is my son’s place in the background ofthe wide angle pic.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

Big juniper. Still alive.