What tree did this come from?
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Backwoods Savage said:![[Hearth.com] What tree did this come from?](https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/pinecone-large-gif.212829/ "[Hearth.com] What tree did this come from?")
I can just about picture it. Many will want to say pine. Okay, but what pine?
Austrian Pine, thats my guess.
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I should have posted that I picked these up in northern California. I looked all over the area but could not determine what tree they came from. The ground was pretty steep there so it may have fallen from a long ways up the mountain.
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Adios Pantalones said:Sugar pine: they grow in mountainous parts of OR and CA, and the cones get that big (up to 24").
good answer
Adios Pantalones said:Sugar pine: they grow in mountainous parts of OR and CA, and the cones get that big (up to 24"
Adios good call.
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zapny said:Adios Pantalones said:Sugar pine: they grow in mountainous parts of OR and CA, and the cones get that big (up to 24"
Adios good call.
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you had it to, about 2 sec's late lol
Adios Pantalones said:
Yes, my old coach always said if you only were a step faster. :coolgrin:
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zapny said:
Yep are coach always said to white to fight and too thin to win....He was a funny man, with a good team!
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In CT we dodged the bullet. The storms hit north and south of us...just some heavy rain and rumbles of thunder. I know other people had it way way way worse than we did. I'm sure they're still cleaning up.
I'll report back regarding VT; heading up tonight. No calls from the neighbors, so that usually means nothing fell on the house. :lol:
In CT we dodged the bullet. The storms hit north and south of us...just some heavy rain and rumbles of thunder. I know other people had it way way way worse than we did. I'm sure they're still cleaning up.
I'll report back regarding VT; heading up tonight. No calls from the neighbors, so that usually means nothing fell on the house. :lol:
Delta-T said:
Actually it is very light. Pretty much like the cones we have around here. I doubt it would do any damage but still, I wouldn't want one dropping onto my head!
Hey Dennis, Those look like cones from Sugar Pines. I saw a bunch of them on the ground in Yosemite when I was out there several years ago. I remember remarking about long they were, some were over 14". I would have brought some home but they had way too much sap on them. Instead I grabbed some smaller ones, about 7"or 8" long and much wider and fuller. We have them in a basket as a decoration, people still ask, "where did you find such large pine cones" and then I'll tell them the story of the sugar pine cones that dwarf these.
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