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talusman
08/26/2010 08:06AM
 
I'm hiking the Old Pines Loop next weekend. It's just southeast of Snowbank Lake. Great name for a trail. No pics yet.
 
alpine525
08/26/2010 08:28AM
 
I like any trees where you can hang a hammock! :)
 
kanoes
08/25/2010 08:49PM
 
ive seen that "V" tree in other pics....snakecharmer for sure. i wonder how many photos of that have been taken.
 
snakecharmer
08/25/2010 08:57PM
 
:)
 
Merganser
08/25/2010 09:45PM
 
There is a V tree, another cedar, not quite as big on a hiking trail across from Gooseberry falls.


I was just on Wine earlier this month and stayed on that island camp site. It is "the island of tall pines". Now I'm not a hanger but I have never seen a site with so many pairs of perfect potential hanging trees.
 
fishguts
08/25/2010 10:44PM
 
Cool stuff, just took my niece & family through Jedadia Smith State Park.....26 miles from my house.
 
OCDave
02/16/2018 09:00PM
 
fishguts: "Cool stuff, just took my niece & family through Jedadia Smith State Park.....26 miles from my house. "


I just booked spring break flight to San Francisco to get this picture with my own family.
 
TuscaroraBorealis
08/25/2010 08:13PM
 
Agamok - Mueller portage

Moose river

Oyster lake - Oyster river portage











Lujenida - Zenith portage

Wine lake island campsite

South Arm - Hanson portage











Clove lake

Frederick - Wine portage

I always like seeing large or unique trees on my trips. Anyone else have any photos they'd like to share?

TB
 
snakecharmer
08/25/2010 08:42PM
 

 
TuscaroraBorealis
08/25/2010 08:45PM
 
quote snakecharmer: " "


Cool Beans!
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!!!
 
kanoes
08/25/2010 08:52PM
 
hahaha..there it is!
 
UncleMoose
08/25/2010 10:11PM
 
Not the BWCA, I know, but I couldn't help it. Sequoia National Park: The Jurassic Park of trees - one of the coolest places in the world.







 
Savage Voyageur
02/16/2018 08:51AM
 
missmolly: "cowdoc: " "



Can anyone explain the formation of the tree on the left?"



Only a (SWAG) Scientific wild A$$ guess here. It looks like a beaver chewed on the trunk and did not kill the tree. Then it continued to grow. But I thought the tree nutrients go up and down at the bark area, so the tree should have died because bark or cambria is gone. Very strange.
 
LindenTree3
02/16/2018 09:53AM
 
jerryr: "Yes if a beaver chewed the tree it would have girdled it and it would have died.



As a forester by profession, but not an expert in bugs or disease, my guess is the tree was hit by a disease of some sort. I have seen trees grow through old metal pails and barrels and have similar effects too, but this doesn't look quite the same."



Jerry,
Who are you a Forester for?


I cut my teeth firefighting out of Bemidji DNR, I was actually out of Bagley 91- 96
 
jerryr
02/16/2018 12:43PM
 
I'm a forester currently for a private company.


I am a 1986 grad of the U of M that has worked in WA, ID and Minnesota.


Grew up on the Iron Range.
 
missmolly
02/15/2018 04:33PM
 
cowdoc: " "


Can anyone explain the formation of the tree on the left?
 
jerryr
02/16/2018 09:02AM
 
Yes if a beaver chewed the tree it would have girdled it and it would have died.


As a forester by profession, but not an expert in bugs or disease, my guess is the tree was hit by a disease of some sort. I have seen trees grow through old metal pails and barrels and have similar effects too, but this doesn't look quite the same.
 
awbrown
02/15/2018 02:15PM
 

 
Swampturtle
02/15/2018 02:52PM
 



Native American trail marking tree, NY. Verified by shocked mountain stewards, the empty ridge behind it is a (yikes) sod farm. Easily could have been lost to "urban sprawl". The tree is pointing to the headwaters of the Carmens River a 1/2 mile or so away which leads to the bay & ultimately the Atlantic Ocean. An ancient silent witness to time & place, hidden in plain site off trail amongst a protected pine forest...I almost fell over when I saw it, I knew exactly what it was & I am still awestruck.
 
andym
02/15/2018 04:00PM
 
You show'em fishguts and Uncle Moose!! We got the big trees out here. We've got some old growth stumps like those in a park about 8 miles from our house. The new growth trees are impressive but those old growth stumps really make you think about what it was like 200 years ago before the logging began. We have a few pockets of old growth in parks but not many.
 
cowdoc
02/14/2018 02:24PM
 

 
TuscaroraBorealis
02/14/2018 12:14PM
 
I've added yo my collection. :)


Trees
 
mvillasuso
02/14/2018 09:13AM
 
LOVE THIS THREAD!
 
jerryr
02/14/2018 10:57AM
 



Trees can be entertaining.
 
Savage Voyageur
02/14/2018 11:19AM
 
Wow you must really like trees, 8 year old thread.