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I believe this is a Douglas Fir (I cannot remember what the bark looked like, so I zoomed in on the needles to check). Most of the trees along the trail, like this Douglass Fir, were much older than the ones seen in Packwood Forest.
Apr. 01, 2012 21:41:20 -0700
Comments & Identifications
Is this a snag? It doesnt look like it has any bark on its trunk. Big douglas fir trees can be identified by deep, vertically furrowed bark, much deeper furrows than on big western hemlocks which also have slightly furrowed bark.
Do you think it could be a Western Cedar ((Thuja plicata)? Because that was my first guess (the bark looks almost like its torn like a cedar tree) but then I started confusing myself because it looks as if the bark has been literally actually stripped off. Farther up the tree it looks as if it has more distinct bark formations. What do you think?
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Comments & Identifications
Is this a snag? It doesnt look like it has any bark on its trunk. Big douglas fir trees can be identified by deep, vertically furrowed bark, much deeper furrows than on big western hemlocks which also have slightly furrowed bark.
Do you think it could be a Western Cedar ((Thuja plicata)? Because that was my first guess (the bark looks almost like its torn like a cedar tree) but then I started confusing myself because it looks as if the bark has been literally actually stripped off. Farther up the tree it looks as if it has more distinct bark formations. What do you think?
It looks exactly like a western red cedar to me.
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