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This is definitely not new growth. Well, the very center has the beginnings of some new growth but those red things produce pollen. I thought they also turned into the cones but Andrea is debating me on that. If that's not where the pine cones are born I don't know where else it would be.
4 years agoI’m not sure that’s right, Andrea. From my references, the Douglas doesn’t extend this Far East, and their ranges don’t overlap. They’re similar though, and both are also known as pine squirrel so.
4 years agoActually, wasn’t Simon a chipmunk? I think this is Rocky.
4 years agoYes, I know; as you probably noted later. I think I was just expecting to primarily see Idaho’s state tree in Idaho.
4 years agoWhat a great shot.
4 years agoI'm in the "hell freezes over" camp. Sorry for the pessimism. We have stories too but let's let them go under the bridge with that other angry water.
4 years agoIt looks like home to me. I grew up puzzling over the bends and twists of sedimentary layers I saw on road cuts, then I had an 8th grade Earth Science teacher that changed everything about how I see the world.
4 years agoAgree. Good ID, Bill.
4 years agoBrodiaea have recently been reclassified as Triteleia grandiflora. http://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=pmlil21060
Botanists now can more precisely order species using genetic testing and thus new branches form and old botanists complain. I know this because one of my wildflower Facebook pages erupted into a "discussion" about this very species.
This is a Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii), which we referred to as "pine squirrels". They harvest pine cones and seeds and stash them in larders, conveniently located in, say, our stored moving boxes.
4 years agoCorrect.
4 years agoThese are the male cones, which are only present in the spring and are the producers of the pollen that will float on lakes for a few weeks.
4 years agoAre you sure that isn't a ponderosa?
4 years agoThis looks like a pretty realistic stab, Patrick. It’s roughly what I predict also. Which would be fine. I don’t mind Capitol One keeping our money for four months. I’m sure they’ll give it back with 18% interest when the time comes.
4 years ago
What a great building!!
4 years ago