Cliff Cantor September 26, 2020 Do you plan to go "larching?" Cliff Cantor September 26, 2020 It is almost October and time to go larching. Maybe you will find spectacular western larches at mid-elevation or subalpine larches near treeline.
Cliff Cantor September 16, 2017 Why does this subalpine fir have no branches on one side? Cliff Cantor September 16, 2017 Why does this subalpine fir have no branches on one side? Is it because of rockslides and avalanches? Or wind? Or plant hormones? It appears to me that biologists have not yet come up with a conclusive answer.
Cliff Cantor September 3, 2017 Subalpine larch: the "coolest" tree in the Pacific NW Cliff Cantor September 3, 2017 What is a tree that lives only in the coldest and harshest ecosystems at timberline in the northern Cascades?
Cliff Cantor April 26, 2017 What is a bract on a cone? Cliff Cantor April 26, 2017 What are those "mousetails" sticking out from Douglas-fir cones? They are called "bracts." Learn about bracts here.
