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Topic: Tree Facts
Posted By: Peter
Subject: Tree Facts
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 01:19
http://oregonstate.edu/trees/con/giseqgen.html#content">skip page navigation http://oregonstate.edu/">Oregon State University

Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron)


  • Needles are scale-like with short, thick, sharp points.


  • Cones are woody, egg-shaped, extremely hard, and 2-3" long.


  • Bark is reddish-brown, stringy, and very thick.




Giant sequoias are the largest trees ever to inhabit the earth, and are among the oldest. Heights of 300 feet and diameters of 30 feet are not uncommon. Their ages commonly range from 2,000 to 3,000 years (only bristlecone pines are older). Although once widespread, giant sequoias now occur only in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of central California. Since 1890, giant sequoias have been protected in Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks, as well as in smaller individual groves. There is only one species within this genus, Sequoiadendron giganteum; it has the same common name as its genus, giant sequoia.


giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)

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  • Needles: Needles are generally scale-like but have sharp tips. Blue-green in color.
  • Fruit: Cones are woody, egg-shaped, extremely hard, and 2-3" long.
  • Bark: Bark is thick, dark reddish-brown, and deeply furrowed. Trunks are greatly enlarged and buttressed at the base.
  • Distribution: Grow in isolated groves scattered throughout the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains in central California. Trees are generally found at 4,900-8,200 ft. (1,500-2,500 m).
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 01:33
You're so damn random!LOL

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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 01:47
Geek interesting  LOL

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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 02:44
Originally posted by chamberry chamberry wrote:

Geek interesting  LOL
 
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.


Posted By: video vertigo
Date 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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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 04:36
Originally posted by Peter Rideout Peter Rideout wrote:

Do chamberries grow on trees? Apples do, but tea grows on bushes.
 
 
 
 
 
 
I'd love this creature to pick me up from my tree. I'd give her everything my fruits can be squeezed offWink
 
 
 
Just as long as she would stay my main squeezeEmbarrassed
 
 
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 briefcaseBig smile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 05:31
Originally posted by Peter Rideout Peter Rideout wrote:

Originally posted by chamberry chamberry wrote:

Geek interesting  LOL
 
Do chamberries grow on trees? Apples do, but tea grows on bushes.
 

 
 


If one didn't pick the leaves of a Tea "bush" wouldn't it become a tree? What about Tea Tree Oil?Geek


Posted By: stonebeard
Date 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. Ermm

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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date 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 By: Peter
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 08:32

Originally posted by stonedbeard, suffering from <FONT color=#009900>maple </FONT><FONT color=#9900cc>f<FONT color=#0066ff>l</FONT><FONT color=#ff3366>a</FONT><FONT color=#ffcc00>s</FONT><FONT color=#00cc00>h</FONT><FONT color=#ff9999>b</FONT><FONT color=#ff3399>ac</FONT><FONT color=#0099ff>k</FONT></FONT><FONT color=#ff6600>s</FONT> 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. Ermm

Doubtless because one cash-strapped evening, you picked all the leaves on your former tree and smoked them!

Wacko


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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.


Posted By: crimson thing
Date 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.
GeekGeekGeek


Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 11:54
Melaleuca alternifolia of New South Wales, Australia.


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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 11:54
Interesting (i am not sarcastic, have no reason)


Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 11:56
Originally posted by crimson thing 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.
GeekGeekGeek


Yes I knew this, but I was trying to be funny!Ouch


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Posted By: crimson thing
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 12:09
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by crimson thing 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.
GeekGeekGeek


Yes I knew this, but I was trying to be funny!Ouch


Tongue
Sorry...........Cry


Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 15:22
Originally posted by Peter Rideout Peter Rideout wrote:

Originally posted by stonedbeard, suffering from <FONT color=#009900>maple </FONT><FONT color=#9900cc>f<FONT color=#0066ff>l</FONT><FONT color=#ff3366>a</FONT><FONT color=#ffcc00>s</FONT><FONT color=#00cc00>h</FONT><FONT color=#ff9999>b</FONT><FONT color=#ff3399>ac</FONT><FONT color=#0099ff>k</FONT></FONT><FONT color=#ff6600>s</FONT> 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. Ermm

Doubtless because one cash-strapped evening, you picked all the leaves on your former tree and smoked them!

Wacko
 
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...Confused


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Posted By: maani
Date 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.


Posted By: mystic fred
Date 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 LOL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tomato2.jpg">The tomato


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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 09:32
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 By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 09:59
Originally posted by GoldenSpiral 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.
 
Watch out for bears and bad mooses.
 
 


Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: June 02 2006 at 00:48
Originally posted by GoldenSpiral 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.
 
Wink!
 
Snicker


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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.


Posted By: Peter
Date 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:
 
Pinch
 
 
Best not to try to climb this thorny Costa Rican specimen:
 
015-Very_thorny_tree
 
Don't you dare hug meV
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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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