Golden Pines

7 responses to “Golden Pines”

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   biotron

   Feb 19, 2005 at 4:41 pm

   lovely

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   Alpine Climber

   Feb 19, 2005 at 4:51 pm

   Beautiful scene! Love those fall colours!

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   actually price

   Feb 19, 2005 at 8:31 pm

   a classic!

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   jurvetson

   Feb 22, 2005 at 1:59 am

   I agree. Nature astounds.

   It is bizarre to see pine trees turn golden in Autumn. We tend to associate them with the deep and evergreen colors, since conifers are usually not deciduous. And so these rare larch trees are all the more beautiful.

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   lightpainter

   Mar 10, 2005 at 9:53 am

   gorgeous… I looked at the golden hues trees up close, definitely conifers. We’ll see what my son says. I sent him an email.

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   hhhirst

   Sep 15, 2006 at 11:27 pm

   Sorry these aren’t pine trees. Pine trees maintain their color year round, and have a much coarser texture in both needle and growth habit. These are Larix sp. AKA Larch or Tamarack. They are decidious conifers. Looks like there is some spruce trees in there too. They are not decidious and holding the nice dark green color like most conifers do. Another cool decidious conifer is the Dawn Redwood, Metasequoia Glyptostroboides. Not sure if I spelled that right, but I think it is one of the most beautiful plants ever. Maybe someone has a picture?

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   jurvetson

   Sep 17, 2006 at 11:51 pm

   Hmmm…. we agree that they are deciduous conifers…

   I’m no expert on this subject, but this is what I see online:
   "larch, any tree of the genus Larix, conifers of the family Pinaceae (pine family), which are unusual in that they are not evergreen."

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