Eastern Red Cedar (Eastern Juniper) Eastern Red Cedar (Eastern Juniper) Eastern Red Cedar (Eastern Juniper) Eastern Red Cedar (Eastern Juniper) Eastern Red Cedar (Eastern Juniper) Eastern Red Cedar (Eastern Juniper) A common tree in our area, the Eastern Red Cedar (really a Juniper), Juniperus virginiana- grows in sporadic pockets...
European Larch European Larch Cone European Larch Seedling European Larch Buds As a kid when I found out that there were deciduous (leaf-dropping) pine trees, I was shocked. It was just drilled into me that they held needles through the winter, even though I knew they lost some needles year round. But our Tamaracks, and the...
categories: Conifers
Pitch Pine, adults, stem, regrowth from shoots When I first arrived in Albany in 1989, I remember that first summer very well- partly because I was able to walk sandy dunes in the middle of a big city, and also because that same summer- I heard a LOUD CRACK in the woods. A sound that made me jump a bit- tiny bit like a fire-cracker...
categories: Conifers
Jack Pine, Pinus banksiana Jack Pine, Pinus banksiana Jack Pine, Pinus banksiana Up here in Saratoga County, NY, I stumbled upon an 80+ year old Jack Pine, Pinus banksiana. This pine tree is not native to our area, and it caught my eye- it really looks like a monstrous bonzai tree, bent in haphazard directions. I was intrigued...
