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Re: Forestry ID

Posted: February 20th, 2012, 1:56 pm
by PacificGoldenPlover
Usually, I feel that shagbark appears bigger than pignut, but there is a lot of overlap.
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Re: Forestry ID

Posted: February 20th, 2012, 2:03 pm
by Wadhk
Balsam Fir?

Re: Forestry ID

Posted: February 20th, 2012, 3:25 pm
by PacificGoldenPlover
Close, not quite

Re: Forestry ID

Posted: February 20th, 2012, 3:51 pm
by Wadhk
Subalpine Fir?

Re: Forestry ID

Posted: February 20th, 2012, 3:53 pm
by PacificGoldenPlover
Correct, how did you know?

Re: Forestry ID

Posted: February 20th, 2012, 3:59 pm
by Wadhk
PacificGoldenPlover wrote:Correct, how did you know?
The needles looked really short (on the nationals list, only balsam fir and subalpine fir have needles <1 in, the other 2 firs have needles twice as long) so if it isn't balsam fir, then its subalpine fir :P
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Re: Forestry ID

Posted: February 20th, 2012, 4:03 pm
by PacificGoldenPlover
Black Hawthorn?

Re: Forestry ID

Posted: February 20th, 2012, 4:06 pm
by Wadhk
Yup! Any suggestions on how to tell black hawthorn and frosted hawthorn apart?

Re: Forestry ID

Posted: February 20th, 2012, 4:07 pm
by JSGandora
I always thought frosted hawthorn had deeper lobes

Re: Forestry ID

Posted: February 20th, 2012, 4:11 pm
by PacificGoldenPlover
I don't see much of that on online pictures but that's just me.
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