It's amazing how baby pine trees can hide in the weeds all summer long. Today, I found five new white pines all to the east of the large clump my trail goes through.
They are probably too close together to all survive, but two or three of them should make it.
They are in two clumps.
I didn't manage to get the largest one in either of the closer pictures.
These aren't the same ones that I discovered in the summer. Not even in the same area at all. It must have been a good year for sprouting seeds. But in just a few years another few feet of my trail will go through trees!
Meanwhile, I seriously need to carry a saw with me on one of my walks. Some big branches (no plant material of value) are encroaching.
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Great time of year for finding things like that (and seeing through the woods). And those pine trees sure can grow fast once they're up about 2 feet.
ReplyDeleteI like white pines.
ReplyDeleteAny kind of green this time of year is a welcome sight.
ReplyDeleteNice surprises are. . . nice.
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