big tree

[forestryworks]

not me, thought i'd share

is it ponderosa or sugar pine?

 

[Humptulips]

I'd say Douglas Fir.

 

[tomtrees58]

wear is that tree you are under water tom trees

 

[056kid]

Hay you got me on camera!!



















I WISH looks like a big doug ir but could be a ponderosa. Need to see farther up for my east coast arss to know LOL

 

[slowp]

I suspect it is a sugar pine. Does it have big cones? What do the needles look like? I'm not wearing my glasses either.

 

[RPM]

Post should be titled F***ing Big Tree!! (can I say F***ing on AS??)

Nice.....:greenchainsaw:

 

[joesawer]

The guy on the saw looks kind of like Jess M. but I can't see his face good enough. If it is him it explains why the tree looks so big, he is kinda short, but a tough old turd.
Where did you find the pic and do you have any more info on it?

 

[Rookie1]

No your not allowed to say f*** on AS This is a wholesome family forum.

 

[forestryworks]

The guy on the saw looks kind of like Jess M. but I can't see his face good enough. If it is him it explains why the tree looks so big, he is kinda short, but a tough old turd.
Where did you find the pic and do you have any more info on it?

joel, i can't remember where i found it - google images is the general area...
i went through 19 pages to find it in its original context, but no luck

wish i had saved the link

 

[forestryworks]

I suspect it is a sugar pine. Does it have big cones? What do the needles look like? I'm not wearing my glasses either.

my guess was sugar pine based on the size...

but the cones and needles are a no go

 

[joesawer]

It may be an old growth douglas fir (probably), ponderosa, or jeffry, but it is for sure no sugar pine.

 

[stihlloggin]

I'd say an old ponderosa or around here we call them yellow pine.

 

[forestryworks]

there's a sugar pine...

now i'm gonna go with jeffrey pine or ponderosa

 

[KindlingKing]

It may be an old growth douglas fir (probably), ponderosa, or jeffry, but it is for sure no sugar pine.

That is not a doug fir. The bark is wrong. If it has short squat pine-cones with sharp points around the perimeter (sharp tipped bracts), it is a ponderosa. If the points angled down and don't stick you when you roll the pine cone between two hands, it is a jeffry. If the pine cones are long (1+ feet) it is a sugar pine. I've seen all three species get that size. You have to be able to see the needles, pine cones or branches to get a definitive I.D. but all three are great trees for lumber or firewood.

 

[forestryworks]

That is not a doug fir. The bark is wrong. If it has short squat pine-cones with sharp points around the perimeter (sharp tipped bracts), it is a ponderosa. If the points angled down and don't stick you when you roll the pine cone between two hands, it is a jeffry. If the pine cones are long (1+ feet) it is a sugar pine. I've seen all three species get that size. You have to be able to see the needles, pine cones or branches to get a definitive I.D. but all three are great trees for lumber or firewood.

aren't jeffrey and ponderosa considered closely related?

 

[Burvol]

I'd say an old ponderosa or around here we call them yellow pine.

Exactly.

 

[stihlloggin]

heres a ponderosa pine from the state sale i'm on now

 

[joesawer]

Ponderosa and jeffry are very simular, The only way I can tell the apart is by the cones. Gentle jeffry and pricklie ponderosa.
The only doug fir we have around here is long cone doug fir. The bark from a big second growth is much different from an old growth. The second growth is much darker and more ribbed. The old growth is much smoother and lighter. Here is a good example in posts 32 and 33 http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=42848&page=3&highlight=great+pnw

 

[rbtree]

Ponderosa, unless large Jeffrey Pine have similar bark.

 

[Backwoods]

Looking like Jeffery.
Sure aint no Doug fir.
Needle cluster are also different between ponderosa and Jeffery one has 3 one has 5 needles to a cluster both trees grow in this area a long with the more predominate Doug fir.