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Are there Junipers on Mars?
The picture is of a Bristlecone Pine located in the White Mountains of
California/Nevada Iris Cohen schreef Are you sure? Of course many conifers other than junipers exhibit similar behavior in nature. The difference with junipers is that you can never cut off a branch & have the trunk callus over. With pine trees, you can make a jin if you want one, or cut the branch off if you choose to. Pines callus over eventually. Iris, + + + Let's keep some perspective here. The original question was about a story (hearsay) of a long-lived tree in the west of the US. The story likely concerns the bristlecone pine, but who knows? The person asking the question found a picture on the internet to illustrate this, with no more than a suggestion that this might be the tree in question. The picture in question has been doctored to fit into the Star Wars Universe and actually there is no guarantee that the trunk and the green stuff at the top belong to the same organism (although they are likely to, people being lazy). The green stuff might just as well be one of Iris's bonsai's pasted in. The only thing we do know is that the picture has been doctored so as to look like nothing on earth. Trying to identify this tree is like speculating on extraterrestrial botany: "Are Junipers actually invaders coming from Mars?" (This would also answer Iris's question on wound closure) PvR |
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Are there Junipers on Mars?
Actually, the picture of the tree itself isn't doctored, but the space ship
has been added. Dwight "P van Rijckevorsel" wrote in message ... The picture is of a Bristlecone Pine located in the White Mountains of California/Nevada Iris Cohen schreef Are you sure? Of course many conifers other than junipers exhibit similar behavior in nature. The difference with junipers is that you can never cut off a branch & have the trunk callus over. With pine trees, you can make a jin if you want one, or cut the branch off if you choose to. Pines callus over eventually. Iris, + + + Let's keep some perspective here. The original question was about a story (hearsay) of a long-lived tree in the west of the US. The story likely concerns the bristlecone pine, but who knows? The person asking the question found a picture on the internet to illustrate this, with no more than a suggestion that this might be the tree in question. The picture in question has been doctored to fit into the Star Wars Universe and actually there is no guarantee that the trunk and the green stuff at the top belong to the same organism (although they are likely to, people being lazy). The green stuff might just as well be one of Iris's bonsai's pasted in. The only thing we do know is that the picture has been doctored so as to look like nothing on earth. Trying to identify this tree is like speculating on extraterrestrial botany: "Are Junipers actually invaders coming from Mars?" (This would also answer Iris's question on wound closure) PvR |
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Are there Junipers on Mars?
Well the only way to be sure how extensive the picture has been doctored is
to know either the tree or the original picture. Obviously the gray thing in the middle (a "space ship" you say?) has been added and the edges have been obscured to reduce clarity. Likely that is the extent of it, but who knows? PvR manzanar schreef Actually, the picture of the tree itself isn't doctored, but the space ship has been added. Dwight ====== The picture is of a Bristlecone Pine located in the White Mountains of California/Nevada Iris Cohen schreef Are you sure? Of course many conifers other than junipers exhibit similar behavior in nature. The difference with junipers is that you can never cut off a branch & have the trunk callus over. With pine trees, you can make a jin if you want one, or cut the branch off if you choose to. Pines callus over eventually. Iris, "P van Rijckevorsel" wrote Let's keep some perspective here. The original question was about a story (hearsay) of a long-lived tree in the west of the US. The story likely concerns the bristlecone pine, but who knows? The person asking the question found a picture on the internet to illustrate this, with no more than a suggestion that this might be the tree in question. The picture in question has been doctored to fit into the Star Wars Universe and actually there is no guarantee that the trunk and the green stuff at the top belong to the same organism (although they are likely to, people being lazy). The green stuff might just as well be one of Iris's bonsai's pasted in. The only thing we do know is that the picture has been doctored so as to look like nothing on earth. Trying to identify this tree is like speculating on extraterrestrial botany: "Are Junipers actually invaders coming from Mars?" (This would also answer Iris's question on wound closure) PvR |
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