#Pinus contorta

[pnwnativeplants]

Pinus contorta var. contorta, also known as shore pine is an evergreen tree that can reach 50ft in height, though they’re known for growing in irregular shapes and don’t often reach their full height. As their name suggests, you can find them along the shore as they’re perfectly adapted to handle the high winds and salty air near the ocean. The small pine nuts feeds many birds along the shore, while the multitude of caterpillars that call this tree home help feed chicks. Shore pine can host as many as 200 different species of caterpillars, including the eastern tailed blue (cupido comyntas)

#shore pine #Pinus contorta #pnw native plants #eastern tailed blue #native plants

[the-yearning-astronaut]

Me: *names my new computer Pinus Contorta because of The Expanse and trees and the symbolism of growth through fire*

My dad, who now has an app that shows him how our internet connection is and what's connected to it: who's connected to our internet with a device called "Penis Contortia"?!

Me: ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

#the expanse #the rocinante #Pinus Contorta #fox thoughts #*facepalm* #its the only app on his phone because he hates apps #but he's OBSESSED with knowing exactly who has access to our wifi #so he gets notifs whenever a new device is connected #its exactly as obnoxious as it sounds #because im constantly hearing about whatever new device was connected and how he #Just Doesn't Know What The Device Is Or Who's It Is But It Must Be Malicious

[phytophiliac]

Pinus contorta 'Taylor's Sunburst' by Richard Ellis Via Flickr: Pinus contorta 'Taylor's Sunburst' at the entrance to the CU greenhouse. This cultivar of the Lodgepole Pine Pinus contorta came from a mutation discovered and propagated by Allan Taylor. The new candles do not initially produce chlorophyll so they are a brilliant yellow initially but will turn green in time. Because they initially lack chlorophyll, propagating this cultivar requires grafting onto a standard clone.

Allan Taylor was a linguistics professor at the University of Colorado. He was also an avid horticulturalist and passionate about about many species of trees (particularly oaks and witches brooms). The lengths to which Allan would go to propagate plants are legendary among those who knew him. He passed away in December.

 #Pinuscontorta #TaylorsSunburst #Pinus #contorta #AllanTaylor #CUgreenhouse #botany

#Pinus contorta #Taylor's Sunburst #CU Greenhouse #Allan Taylor #flickr

[rabbitcruiser]

Whistler, BC (No. 6)

Whistler is a collection of microclimates ranging from coniferous mixed forest on the valley floor, to slightly drier slopes, to Alpine tundra in the alpine.

The wet West Coast marine temperate climate in the valley floor is characterized by a coniferous mixed forest, with a preponderance of western red cedar—a continuation of the rainforest of the Pacific Northwest.

The slopes are slightly drier and are also coniferous mixed forest with western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) and mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana), Whistler hybrid spruce (Sitka spruce and Engelmann spruce). The last is "a hybrid spruce that is unique to Whistler, aptly dubbed the "Whistler Spruce." The Whistler spruce hybrid is indicative of Whistler's geographic position—we're not quite coastal, but not quite interior". A hybrid of the wetter West Coast Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) – that ranges from Northern California to Alaska and the drier Interior Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii). Others include the Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), endangered whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis).

The higher slopes transition to many species of scrub juniper, Rocky Mountain Juniper (Juniperus scopulorum), and many species of scrub willow in the genus Salix at the tree line, and to Arctic tundra like conditions in the high alpine above the tree line.

Source: Wikipedia

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[jusiri]

Pinus strobus

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Pinus Rigida

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Pinus Ponderosa

Pinus Contorta

Pinus Resinosa

[parsley-sage-rosemary-thyme331]

Salutations to Pinus cortorta, in the PINACEAE family! It is commonly known as shore pine.

This evergreen tree is identified by its fascicles of 2 needles, which have a somewhat twisted shape and are deep green in color. Its cones are ovoid and can be asymmetrical in shape, and get up to about 2" in length. Its bark is furrowed and dark brown to grey in color.

Pinus contorta is native to the Pacific Northwest in both coastal and inland environments. While the inland variety is adapted to fire, the coastal variety is adapted to harsh wind, salt spray, and low nutrient conditions, which cause its often contorted growth form. Mycorrhizal associations aid with the low nutrient availability.

[chrisringrose]

Poetry Month: April 2024. Poem 8: 'Beyond Bergen'

I was trying to do two things here: capture the sight and sounds of the intimate world of the campfire at night, but also hint at a little narrative tension between the speaker and his two companions, Aksel and Frida.

Beyond Bergen

Sparks soar inside the hazy fountain

of smoke from the campfire.

Outside its cone of warmth,

cold squeezes both our backs.

Arrowheads of fir trees poke at the stars

and Ingot embers blush in the breeze.

“Pygmy Owl” says Aksel.

Its tiny silent passage was hardly there.

It could have been our eyelashes.

His lighter flame, sucked

into the bowl of his pipe,

frames his handsome face.

He lets the flame flap back three times.

Curly branches from a Lodgepole Pine

aptly named pinus contorta

crack and yield to the flames.

Frida’s electric torch passes us

before she crawls into her tent.

She makes it glow

like a Chinese lantern

in the Norwegian night.

CR 08.04.24

#poetry camping campfire Norway

[itsjustmorgana]

Pinus contorta

It’s a pine tree that must die by fire to survive.

You see, it’s seeds only come out under extreme heat

It has to literally face the fires of hell before it can be reborn again.

Sacrificing everything it was or could be, to ensure it lives on in a better tomorrow

It was made this way, whatever cosmic cataclysm that gave us humming birds, and sea sponges, butterflies, and soaring eagles —gave us Pinus Contorta

So is it really so surprising the same star dust gave us you too?

#poetry #writing

[leotechevo]

#leotechevo #top #reviews #discover #LeoTechEvo

[ap-trash-compactor]

God I’m sorry but “Pinus Contorta” is the worst name they could have picked. I *know* that it’s Latin, I *know* it’s a plant name, I *know* what it means, and yet. Still. All I can see is “contorted penis.”

[webs-of-life]

Mickley, James. Pinus contorta (Shore Pine) Needle Cross Section, Stained with Toluidine Blue. Micrograph. Corvallis, December 23, 2021. Oregon State University.

100x magnification on Zeiss Primostar compound microscope for Plant Structure class. 

#submission

[ponderingwithpines]

Pine tree (Pinus contorta?, Pinus mugo?) on Per Högbergsgatan in Bodafors on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

[awkwardbotany]

The Serotinous Cones of Lodgepole Pine

The Serotinous Cones of Lodgepole Pine

Behind the scales of a pine cone lie the seeds that promise future generations of pine trees. Even though the seeds are not housed within fruits as they are in angiosperms (i.e. flowering plants), the tough scales of pine cones help protect the developing seeds and keep them secure until the time comes for dispersal. In some species, scales open on their own as the cone matures, at which point…

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#Botany #Dispersal Stories #forest ecology #gymnosperms #lodgepole pine #native plants #Pinaceae #pine cones #pine needles #Pinus contorta #plant ecology #plant science research #plants #seed dispersal #seed predators #seeds #serotinous cones #serotiny #squirrels #wildfire #Yellowstone National Park

[comparativetarot]

Death. Art by Kevin Jay Stanton, from BOTANICA.

The card for Death can represent endings as well as renewal, and sometimes the growth that comes after destruction. I chose Pinus contorta to represent it, because it’s a tree whose seeds are only released and spread after a wildfire, when the cones are exposed to high temperatures.

#Kevin Jay Stanton #BOTANICA #Death #Major Arcana #Tarot #Pine #Pinus contorta

[orionlodubyal]

Not this season of The Expanse, but I love Prax and Amos so much! There is more Prax in the books but I’m not sure he’ll turn up again in the show.  I wanted so much more of these two!

#the expanse #wes chatham #terry chen #screaming firehawks #screamingfirehawks #scifi art #scifi #tv show #pinus contorta #prax #amos burton #flying alamo #redbubble #teepublic #neatoshop

[claireissa]

A LEGITIMATE SALVAGE – NEW CROSS-STITCH DESIGN

A LEGITIMATE SALVAGE – NEW CROSS-STITCH DESIGN

Join the crew of the Rocinante … Tachi … Pinus Contorta. Whatever ever name you use, never forget it is definitely a LEGITIMATE salvage! Now available in the Unexpected Hobby Etsy store.

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#cross-stitch design #embroidery #pinus contorta #rocinante #tachi #the expanse