Have you ever come across a stump that grew a bulging cap on top of the cut surface? How and why does this happen?
How do trees avoid incest?
Douglas-fir dwarf mistletoe
Snow after Memorial Day?
New Douglas-fir cones?
What's a maple flower?
After Snowpocalypse, how are the trees doing?
Cones on Douglas-firs this year!
The wonder of big trees
Old-growth forests, at least in large swaths, are nearly gone from the Pacific NW. To even try to restore old-growth forests will take hundreds of years of careful stewardship. But small tracts of old-growth and individual big trees occur sporadically throughout the Pacific NW, especially in parks. Have you seen a big tree? Do you know where to look? Prepare to be awed!