Digging Piñon Pine

[Hartinez]

Last collection of the season. It was a good day. Hiked for 2 hrs and didn’t find anything truly promising enough. Found this guy right before I decided to head out. Just over a big rock ridge. Very close to my truck. Meant to be!

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

Great find! I love that it has all that deadwood, yet it's still lush, healthy, and full of foliage. Isn't it frustratingly satisfying to find something great, right under your nose, after searching for hours?

 

[Hartinez]

This is one I hadn’t posted yet. No good pics. From about a month ago. I think wind influenced may be a good fit long term. But we’ll see. Excellent plated bark, bark beetle damage, and awkward yet story telling dead and live wood.

 

[yenling83]

Some really spectacular tree, great work!

 

[clem]

This is one I hadn’t posted yet. No good pics. From about a month ago. I think wind influenced may be a good fit long term. But we’ll see. Excellent plated bark, bark beetle damage, and awkward yet story telling dead and live wood.
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A very wild tree and the bark is amazing ! I read a YT video saying that it takes 5 or 6 years for a JWP or JBP to form 1 scale (or leaf) of bark. On your pine, with this thousand-leaf bark, there are probably 15 or 20 stacked scales.. so it is maybe 75 or 100 + years old ...

 

[Hartinez]

A very wild tree and the bark is amazing ! I read a YT video saying that it takes 5 or 6 years for a JWP or JBP to form 1 scale (or leaf) of bark. On your pine, with this thousand-leaf bark, there are probably 15 or 20 stacked scales.. so it is maybe 75 or 100 + years old ...

Interesting! Hadn’t heard that before but it makes sense!

 

[ForrestW]

Great material!!! I am more and more drawn to collected material-- around us we only have good deciduous, and that typically involves a heavy cut and many years to grow out the trunk. I am jealous, but look forward to watching your development of it.