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Brushwork Food truck
Joined: 18 Aug 2018 Posts: 508 | TRs | Pics Location: Washington |
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Brushwork
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Mon Oct 07, 2019 11:52 am
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I was partly razzing you (teasing), but also my memory of manzanita was large shrub like, mostly for its’s impenetrable character.
When I grow up I wanna play.
When I grow up I wanna play.
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zephyr aka friendly hiker
Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 3361 | TRs | Pics Location: West Seattle |
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zephyr
aka friendly hiker
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Mon Oct 07, 2019 1:21 pm
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veronika wrote: | ??? I thought it was a tree. We had them where I grew up in California. |
I have always considered them a shrub, though they can get quite large. I lived in California for 12 years and loved hiking through manzanita in the upper Mojave Desert, Angeles National Forest and through the mountains of the Central coast.
Wikipedia does include "tree" in its definition, i.e. "small tree". Quote: Manzanita is a common name for many species of the genus Arctostaphylos. They are evergreen shrubs or small trees present in the chaparral biome of western North America, where they occur from Southern British Columbia and Washington to Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas in the United States, and throughout Mexico.
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veronika Member
Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 3015 | TRs | Pics Location: On the road |
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veronika
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Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:29 pm
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I love the dark brown color of the trunks. And the wood is hard as hell! They are like mazes hiking through them. 👍
Take risks not to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping
I may not have anyone rocking my world right now but, I don't have anyone messing it up either.
Take risks not to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping
I may not have anyone rocking my world right now but, I don't have anyone messing it up either.
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Bedivere Why Do Witches Burn?
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 7464 | TRs | Pics Location: The Hermitage |
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Bedivere
Why Do Witches Burn?
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Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:07 pm
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Gwen wrote: | Bedivere wrote: | Western red cedar is by far my favorite. I love the fibrous bark and the gnarled forms ancient specimens take. I love the way the wood smells when cut. I love the clear, even grain and the soft feel of the raw wood. I love how seasoned logs seemingly jump apart when split. I love the crackly fires they make. I love how they can grow right out of a river bank, seemingly right out of the water.
I also like paper Birch and Vine Maple when it grows in open areas under dense canopies. |
I love this description! Not just a name on a list, but all the reasons why! And so we'll written. I can see, smell, feel, even hear the tree. |
Thank you.
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grannyhiker Member
Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 3516 | TRs | Pics Location: Gateway to the Columbia Gorge |
Since I'm not allowed to pick larch. . .
Here's my second choice: It's probably a shrub, although I've seen it as tall as a small tree--it's the off-trail hiker's favorite, devil's club! Makes a perfect hand-hold for those forbidding the larch in this survey!
I would have picked the larch, if allowed, at any time of year. I'll never forget when we moved to NE Oregon in 1972 and drove up into the Blue Mts. in October seeking firewood. I'd never seen or heard of larch before then, and I was in awe. Of course most of the local residents call it tamarack, but it's really the western larch. I later became acquainted with the even more spectacular alpine larch.
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.--E.Abbey
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.--E.Abbey
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
When I lived in Western Washington, Cedar. Now that Im an Eastern kid, LARCH baby. Especially since they are on my property.
LOL
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
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"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
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