Ron Altier Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 This was posted on Facebook as a joke. However I found this tree very interesting. You can see where it was cut down and the color difference shows. Can't tell where it came from. Any idea what kind of tree this is? HARO50, Dadio and Cal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Dudelston Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 A conifer of some sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 No joke, it is the TRUTH!!!!!! As for what kind of tree, have no idea... Maybe a Twisted Evershade? LOL Cal, Grandpadave52 and HARO50 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye10 Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Kinda looks like an Eastern Cedar. It's awful big to be a cedar. Grandpadave52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandyDan Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Twisted Sister. Here's a link. https://robbiearoundoz.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/travels-around-tasmania-part-2/twisted-sister/ Stick486 and Grandpadave52 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stick486 Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, hawkeye10 said: Kinda looks like an Eastern Cedar. It's awful big to be a cedar. True Cedars All three species of true cedar grow to be relatively stout. The Gymnosperm Database reports that deodar, Atlas and Lebanon cedars all may be close to 11 feet in diameter measured at breast height. These conifers grow in the Himalayas and highlands of the Mediterranean basin and are widely planted as ornamentals the world over. Western Red-Cedar The western red-cedar is a true giant, often growing massively larger than any of the true cedars in the lush temperate rain forests of the US and British Columbia it calls home. The biggest known specimens -- on Washington's Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island -- approach 20 feet across. Others The yellow- or Alaska-cedar, which shares its range in the Pacific Northwest with the bigger western red-cedar, may nonetheless exceed 13 feet in diameter as exceptional specimens. The northern white-cedar of eastern North America, commonly termed "American arborvitae" in the horticultural trade, is known to reach over 5 feet in diameter. Cedar trees can grow to heights of over 120 feet. Some species grow to 180 feet. They have a light colored, spicy scented wood. HARO50, Artie and Gunny 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stick486 Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, HandyDan said: Twisted Sister. Here's a link. more... https://homeguides.sfgate.com/types-trees-twisted-trunks-25537.html Edited December 11, 2018 by Stick486 hawkeye10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye10 Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Stick486 said: True Cedars All three species of true cedar grow to be relatively stout. The Gymnosperm Database reports that deodar, Atlas and Lebanon cedars all may be close to 11 feet in diameter measured at breast height. These conifers grow in the Himalayas and highlands of the Mediterranean basin and are widely planted as ornamentals the world over. Western Red-Cedar The western red-cedar is a true giant, often growing massively larger than any of the true cedars in the lush temperate rain forests of the US and British Columbia it calls home. The biggest known specimens -- on Washington's Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island -- approach 20 feet across. Others The yellow- or Alaska-cedar, which shares its range in the Pacific Northwest with the bigger western red-cedar, may nonetheless exceed 13 feet in diameter as exceptional specimens. The northern white-cedar of eastern North America, commonly termed "American arborvitae" in the horticultural trade, is known to reach over 5 feet in diameter. Cedar trees can grow to heights of over 120 feet. Some species grow to 180 feet. They have a light colored, spicy scented wood. I have seen cedars twisted but I bet it's because of a storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Out here, there's a similarly twisted tree that the natives call scrub cedar. They rarely get over 20' tall and are prolific. In the late '40s, BLM, bulldozed thousands of them in a misguided effort to provide "better" range land. They are still there! That stuff does not rot and now, it's harder than hades. On fella told me he went through 8 chains sawing a pickup load for firewood. I'll get some pictures, later. Grandpadave52, hawkeye10 and HARO50 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stick486 Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Bristle Cone have some serious twist to them... hawkeye10 and Grandpadave52 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatuffej Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 6 hours ago, Stick486 said: Western Red-Cedar The western red-cedar is a true giant, often growing massively larger than any of the true cedars in the lush temperate rain forests of the US and British Columbia it calls home. The biggest known specimens -- on Washington's Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island -- approach 20 feet across. Cedar trees can grow to heights of over 120 feet. Some species grow to 180 feet. They have a light colored, spicy scented wood. Stick, you are right. I majored in forestry in the mid '60's and worked for the USFS cruising timber during the Summers on the Mt. Hood and Payette NFs. I saw some of the most beautiful stands of big, ....BIG!.... Western Red Cedar, Sitka Spruce, Douglas Fir, and Ponderosa Pine. We would just stroll around and look at those beautiful trees, marvelling at them, and crying just a little because we were inventorying them for sale. hat Artie, Dadio, Grandpadave52 and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) Earlier, I referred to one of our twisty trees as scrub cedar. After conferring with a guy older the me, whose lived out here for over 80 years, it appears I was mistaken. I know...hard to believe, ain't it? Anyhow, he says they are Junipers. Still no pics but here is a professional one. Certainly looks like the ones around here. Those on our property are much smaller. Edited December 11, 2018 by Gene Howe Artie, hatuffej, Stick486 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatuffej Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 That's a big juniper. Its probably well over 1,000 years old. And, it OK to be mistaken. I was wrong once when I thought I was wrong but wasn't. Oh, well. Life ain't easy for a boy named Sue. hat Grandpadave52, HARO50, Gene Howe and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadio Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 1 hour ago, hatuffej said: That's a big juniper. Its probably well over 1,000 years old. And, it OK to be mistaken. I was wrong once when I thought I was wrong but wasn't. Oh, well. Life ain't easy for a boy named Sue. hat Or a guy named Hat. Just saying, Herb Grandpadave52, Artie and hatuffej 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Altier Posted December 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 On one of our hikes here in CO, I saw quite a few old remains of a tree and it was all twisted too. I posted it here and it was IDed. Can't remember the name, but one of the guys here wrote about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stick486 Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 43 minutes ago, Ron Altier said: old remains of a tree and it was all twisted too. look like this??? HARO50 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Altier Posted December 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 No, but that is one beautiful remains of once great tree! Artie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stick486 Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 10 minutes ago, Ron Altier said: No, but that is one beautiful remains of once great tree! they are both alive... HARO50 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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