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Peter 
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 01:29 |
Some rather prickly trees are best treated with caution!
Check out the South African acacia:
Elephants actually like to nosh on these!
I'd hate to bump into this bullhorn acacia in a dark alley:
Best not to try to climb this thorny Costa Rican specimen:
Don't you dare hug me! V
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Posted: June 02 2006 at 00:48 |
 GoldenSpiral wrote:
interesting...
I'm going to yosemite this summer so i'll get to see them up close.
I have no idea what this has to do with anything, however.
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Edited by Peter Rideout - June 02 2006 at 00:49
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Arsillus
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 09:59 |
GoldenSpiral wrote:
interesting...
I'm going to yosemite this summer so i'll get to see them up close.
I have no idea what this has to do with anything, however.
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Watch out for bears and bad mooses.
Edited by Arsillus - June 01 2006 at 09:59
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 09:32 |
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interesting...
I'm going to yosemite this summer so i'll get to see them up close.
I have no idea what this has to do with anything, however.
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Posted: June 01 2006 at 00:16 |
this is a really interesting thread!!! much better than "which guitarist/drummer/album/band is the best". excuse me while i go and water my tomatoes 
Edited by mystic fred - June 01 2006 at 00:18
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maani
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 16:16 |
One fact not included: the seed of the giant sequoia is the second smallest seed in the world: it takes almost 30,000 seeds to make an ounce! So it is a literal truism that from the smallest of seeds comes the largest of trees...
Also, I agree with VV: until you have been "up close and personal" with the giant sequoias, you cannot really grasp how big - and majestic - they are. In 1972, I camped at San Mateo County Park, nestled in the heart of these monster trees. They are absolutely amazing!!
Peace.
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 15:22 |
Not that I wanted to, but the neighborhood association clearly didn't want the type of maple tree I was growing. It's funny...I've never seen a maple leaf shaped that way before... 
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 12:09 |
Snow Dog wrote:
crimson thing wrote:
Boring but true:
Tea - the drink - is made from the leaves of a camellia native to India & surrounding countries
Tea-tree oil comes from an entirely different Australian (or Australasian - can't be a++ed to look it up) shrub.
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Yes I knew this, but I was trying to be funny!
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 11:56 |
crimson thing wrote:
Boring but true:
Tea - the drink - is made from the leaves of a camellia native to India & surrounding countries
Tea-tree oil comes from an entirely different Australian (or Australasian - can't be a++ed to look it up) shrub.
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Yes I knew this, but I was trying to be funny!
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 11:54 |
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Interesting (i am not sarcastic, have no reason)
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 11:54 |
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Melaleuca alternifolia of New South Wales, Australia.
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crimson thing
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 11:42 |
Boring but true:
Tea - the drink - is made from the leaves of a camellia native to India & surrounding countries
Tea-tree oil comes from an entirely different Australian (or Australasian - can't be a++ed to look it up) shrub.
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 08:32 |
stonedbeard, suffering from maple flashbacks wrote:
In fact, I think our house is the only one in our subdivision without a tree on the property.  |
Doubtless because one cash-strapped evening, you picked all the leaves on your former tree and smoked them!
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 07:55 |
1 - Needles are scale-like with short, thick, sharp points.
2 - Cones are woody, egg-shaped, extremely hard, and 2-3" long.
3 - Bark is reddish-brown, stringy, and very thick.
Yes, that is indeed t'ree facts 
Old joke coming up:
Patrick & Connor are walking through a forest, when they see a sign "Tree Fellers Wanted"... Patrick says to Connor "dat's a shame, dere's only two of us"
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 07:07 |
In fact, I think our house is the only one in our subdivision without a tree on the property.
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 05:31 |
Peter Rideout wrote:
chamberry wrote:
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Do chamberries grow on trees? Apples do, but tea grows on bushes.
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If one didn't pick the leaves of a Tea "bush" wouldn't it become a tree? What about Tea Tree Oil?
Edited by Snow Dog - May 31 2006 at 05:31
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 04:36 |
Peter Rideout wrote:
Do chamberries grow on trees? Apples do, but tea grows on bushes.
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I'd love this creature to pick me up from my tree. I'd give her everything my fruits can be squeezed off
Just as long as she would stay my main squeeze
When I was on the west coast(early 80's) I once wanted to adopt a sequoia, but they would not let bring it home.
I was so furious I chopped it down and smuggled it in my briefcase
Edited by Sean Trane - May 31 2006 at 07:59
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 02:49 |
have you seen the sequoias in person? its quite an experience. As a California resident I've seen Redwoods and Sequoias, both are quite a sight. There are Sequoias wide enough at the base to drive through and a couple have been hollowed out to do exactly that.
The pictures really don't do jusitice to the breathtaking sight of those trees.
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"The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa
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Peter
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 02:44 |
chamberry wrote:
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Do chamberries grow on trees? Apples do, but tea grows on bushes.
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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chamberry
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 01:47 |
interesting
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