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04-15-2011, 07:55 PM
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ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIELS
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Check out this big ole' bad boy!
I've always loved nature and trees have always amazed me. These lovely wonders can really get busy! Check out this tree in a city park on the Columbia river. Biggest tree I've ever seen, and the photos don't do this creature justice! I'm 6 foot tall and can barely reach the bottom of that first branch which is in and of itself, massive to the core.
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Last edited by tractor beam; 04-15-2011 at 08:54 PM.
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04-15-2011, 07:55 PM
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That first branch, no exxagerating, is about 4 feet straight through.............
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Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,
For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain.
America, America, man sheds his waste on thee,
And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea. _______________________________________________ Some say I have a bad attitude...... "Screw them!"
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04-15-2011, 09:16 PM
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What do you think 100+ years old??
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04-15-2011, 09:18 PM
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green acres
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I need a bigger chainsaw 
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04-15-2011, 09:19 PM
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ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIELS
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Hard to say. This tree has endured massive winds being right on the Columbia river, but she's certainly an oldie no doubt! It sure is impressive to see in person, I mean a real jaw dropper!
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Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,
For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain.
America, America, man sheds his waste on thee,
And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea. _______________________________________________ Some say I have a bad attitude...... "Screw them!"
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04-15-2011, 09:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tractor beam
Hard to say. This tree has endured massive winds being right on the Columbia river, but she's certainly an oldie no doubt! It sure is impressive to see in person, I mean a real jaw dropper!
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It is truly amazing Thankyou for sharing.. 
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04-15-2011, 10:58 PM
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RICK THE PLUMBER
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That's a mere sprig here in Texas. Just kidding. Is it a Cottonwood? Unbelivable tree, I've got some big Elms but nothing like that.
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04-16-2011, 12:54 PM
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I am fixing to have to remove a hickory that is just a hair smaller than that one...and i am not looking forward to it because the guys power lines are right in the middle of the tree..
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04-16-2011, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by rsmith335
That's a mere sprig here in Texas. Just kidding. Is it a Cottonwood? Unbelivable tree, I've got some big Elms but nothing like that.
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Yep looks to be Cottonwood..but what do i know 
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04-16-2011, 02:47 PM
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Looks alot like our 2 100 year old oaks behind the house - big old monster trees . We had em trimmed back when we first moved here - the PO's were lazy and let kudzu climb up em almost choking em off , i spent the better part of 3 years cleaning em off - still an on going battle.
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04-16-2011, 07:21 PM
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ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIELS
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I believe it's a maple. I'll try and put something up against it for reference, because ity truly is larger than it appears!
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Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,
For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain.
America, America, man sheds his waste on thee,
And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea. _______________________________________________ Some say I have a bad attitude...... "Screw them!"
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04-16-2011, 07:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tractor beam
I believe it's a maple. I'll try and put something up against it for reference, because ity truly is larger than it appears!
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Old Growth Maple? | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Does this look close to the same as the tree in your pic?
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04-16-2011, 08:07 PM
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We used to have oaks about that big growing by the local church/school. Some of them got cut down back in the late '80s for a parking lot expansion which pissed off a lot of the locals. The principal of the school had a slab of one of the trees put on display and dated. He put flags on pins in various areas of the tree to show how big it was at different points in history. It was about 6" across when George Washington was born, about 2' across during the Civil War, and almost 4' across when it was cut down. There are a few across the road still standing, so hopefully they don't cut them down as well.
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04-17-2011, 05:26 AM
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If it could only talk,history it could share.
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04-17-2011, 09:46 AM
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Yep alot of history
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04-18-2011, 09:36 PM
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I lost a big Red Oak tree in my back yard recently. It didn't come out last spring and since it was close to some power lines I was able to get the local electric CoOp to take it down for me. I counted 125 rings at the stump cut where it was a little over 30 inches across. I've still got most of it in the yard cutting it up and splitting it for firewood. I offfered the main trunk to several poeple or a saw log but couldn't get any takers.
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04-18-2011, 09:44 PM
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RICK THE PLUMBER
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tractor beam
I believe it's a maple. I'll try and put something up against it for reference, because ity truly is larger than it appears!
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Maple, my butt, that's a tree.  Will you be around that tree in June -July, if you are and it's a Cotton Wood, it will be covered in seed that look like cotton and blow every where. I just to hang some deer stands in some huge Cotton Wood in Nebraska, that had the same bark.
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04-19-2011, 09:31 PM
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ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIELS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rsmith335
Maple, my butt, that's a tree. Will you be around that tree in June -July, if you are and it's a Cotton Wood, it will be covered in seed that look like cotton and blow every where. I just to hang some deer stands in some huge Cotton Wood in Nebraska, that had the same bark. |
smaller versions of this tree all around and they are skin smooth barked and look like eucalyptus trees, but who knows.
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Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,
For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain.
America, America, man sheds his waste on thee,
And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea. _______________________________________________ Some say I have a bad attitude...... "Screw them!"
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04-20-2011, 09:52 AM
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Has this tree started budding yet? May be able to tell more by the leaves, etc..
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04-20-2011, 07:30 PM
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ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIELS
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They look like small maple leaves, judging from thos on the ground from last Fall.
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Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,
For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain.
America, America, man sheds his waste on thee,
And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea. _______________________________________________ Some say I have a bad attitude...... "Screw them!"
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