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ID for dessert tree with cool survival technique
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The bristlecone pine is not only Pinus longaeva, but also Pinus aristata (at one time regarded as a single species). The former can be found in California and thus gets more exposure. PvR P van Rijckevorsel schreef The tree with the big reputation in surviving is indeed Pinus longaeva. Try http://www.sonic.net/bristlecone/ ================ David Vogel schreef Could it be a Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) they are said to be among the earths oldest living organisms. "Quena" wrote I read about a tree in the American Southwest that, during a drought, dries up completely except for a small sliver of bark, which continues to grow on the side of the otherwise dead trunk. What is this tree called? I found an unlabelled pictu http://www.forceacademy.com/Imagesto...esert_tree.jpg Thank you! -- Quena |
ID for dessert tree with cool survival technique
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David Vogel wrote: Could it be a Bristlecone Pine (pinus longaeva) they are said to be among the earths oldest living organisms. The tree in the photo is not a species of Pinus; it looks like a juniper. Una Smith Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS K-710, Los Alamos, NM 87545 |
ID for dessert tree with cool survival technique
Quena wrote:
I read about a tree in the American Southwest that, during a drought, dries up completely except for a small sliver of bark, which contineus to grow on the side of the otherwise dead trunk. What is this tree called? I found an unlabelled pictu http://www.forceacademy.com/Imagesto...esert_tree.jpg Many kinds of tree will grow like the one shown here, if sufficiently damaged but never quite girdled. This one looks to be a juniper. Una Smith Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS K-710, Los Alamos, NM 87545 |
ID for dessert tree with cool survival technique
Any tree needs living wood, bark and chlorophyll to survive. Just a bit
of bark won't do it. Not a tree, but I know of a shrub, manzanita (Arctostaphylos spp.) which often has one strip of living bark and wood connecting shoots with roots. You would see a seemingly dead bush, with just one leafy shoot and one stripe of red down an otherwise bleached-out trunk. Jie-san Laushi Huodau lau, xuedau lau, hai you sanfen xue bulai _____________________________________________ to email: eliminate redundancy |
ID for dessert tree with cool survival technique
The picture is of a Bristlecone Pine located in the White Mountains of
California/Nevada - supposedly the oldest living entity on earth. Do a google for Bristlecone Pine. Dwight Roberts "Quena" wrote in message om... I read about a tree in the American Southwest that, during a drought, dries up completely except for a small sliver of bark, which contineus to grow on the side of the otherwise dead trunk. What is this tree called? I found an unlabelled pictu http://www.forceacademy.com/Imagesto...esert_tree.jpg Thank you! -- Quena |
ID for dessert tree with cool survival technique
(Quena) wrote in message . com...
snip What is this tree called? I found an unlabelled pictu http://www.forceacademy.com/Imagesto...esert_tree.jpg Quena: I rather think that its name is unknown, as is the language of those who might have named it, because the image seems to have been captured long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away. |
ID for dessert tree with cool survival technique
(Quena) wrote
snip What is this tree called? I found an unlabelled pictu http://www.forceacademy.com/Imagesto...esert_tree.jpg Quena Daryl Krupa I rather think that its name is unknown, as is the language of those who might have named it, because the image seems to have been captured long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away. + + + I always thought Star Wars was supposed to happen in the future? Whoever it is that made the picture the quality of their photography leaves something to be desired. One would assume that they could do better in the "far away" ... PvR |
ID for dessert tree with cool survival technique
(Quena) wrote in message . com...
snip What is this tree called? I found an unlabelled pictu http://www.forceacademy.com/Imagesto...esert_tree.jpg Here are a couple of images that might be of a similar tree, for what it's worth ... http://www.andrewsmithgallery.com/ex...nn/ju1099.html http://peabody-13867.fas.harvard.edu/landscape.html I's say, from the needle shape, that it might be a pine, perhaps a limber pine, _Pinus flexilis_. The damage to the lower part of the trunk might be fire-related, perhaps from a lightning strike. Daryl Krupa |
ID for dessert tree with cool survival technique
"P van Rijckevorsel" wrote in message .. .
Daryl Krupa I rather think that its name is unknown, as is the language of those who might have named it, because the image seems to have been captured long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away. + + + I always thought Star Wars was supposed to happen in the future? PvR: Nope, it was "Once upon a time", before Africans and Asians were invented, so that Lucas could populate his oderwelt mit alienen und ubermenschen, und nicht untermenschen, a la 1930s pulp fiction and movie serials (Buck Rogers's Ming the Merciless not withstanding). This also had the advantage of making his pioneering "Black = Bad, White = Good" motif much simpler and easier to understand. Whoever it is that made the picture the quality of their photography leaves something to be desired. One would assume that they could do better in the "far away" ... Yes, except that the tree might have been found in someone's living room. Daryl Krupa |
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