Tuesday, June 3, 2008

A 400 year old hemlock


This is one of the many trees in the old growth forest....hemlock. What I know is that if you have hemlocks, the needles drop off this tree to the soil and make the soil acidic. This forest actually had a logging cabin museum in it so I imagine that some of this was logged at one point but not all of it. Hence the name, old growth forest in lower Michigan. Interesting.

6 comments:

  1. This is an awesome shot. Were you lying down when you took this?

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  2. 400 years old, wow. I have a coworker that old.

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  3. Cool shot Neva. I never realised that hemlock was such a big tree. I will definitely be googling it

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  4. Neva, this is a stunner.
    A most unique angle.

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  5. Great shot of the tree, and I'm learning about the forest!! That's cool.

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  6. Oh my, what a magnificient tree and a spectacular photo.

    Beautifully done, Neva.

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