Posts Tagged: hemlock
Mostly Hemlocks – Heart’s Content
Tsuga canadensis. 28-90mm Leica Vario Elmarit R, Sony a7R4, Lr C9, Ps CC21.
White Pine – Heart’s Content
A massive white pine, Pinus strobus, at Heart’s Content in the Allegheny National Forest and adjacent to Hickory Creek Wilderness. Unfortunately these old virgin pines don’t seem to be reproducing. Or their young are not surviving. The Hemlocks, Tsuga canadensis, also massive and virgin, seem to be reproducing with a vengeance. This small ~50 acre area has survived the bucksaws of the turn to the 20th century due to a surveyor’s error. It’s beauty is a suggestion of the majesty that once blanketed Eastern North America.
28-90mm Leica Vario-Elmarit R, Sony a7R4, Lr C9, Ps CC21.
Two Dead Red Spruce and a Stressed Hemlock Walk Into a Bar . . .
On Canaan Mountain. 100-400mm Sony GM, Sony a7R3, Lr 6, Ps CS6.
Canaan Mountain
A red pine, Pinus resinosa, and companion red spruce, Picea rubens. The one on the far left and the tree on the far right in the distance is a hemlock, Tsuga canadensis. That these spruce are clustered around the red pine is no accident. This is a harsh and nutrient poor environment. The red pine offers some meager shelter but probably more significant is the soil enrichment provided by its fallen decaying needles. You can see that the red pine is itself struggling and might not survive many more years.
This is the headwaters bog for Red Run which tumbles its way down the mountain to the Dry Fork, downstream from Hendricks.
28-90mm Leica Vario-Elmarit, Nikon 800e, Lr4, Ps CS6.