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    Ailing spruce trees

    I noticed a road in the background - any chance that salt is spread and snow piled around the base of the tree in winter?
    Post by: timbercheap, Jul 11, 2008 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
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    Coastal BC Wildflower

    Thanks all; definetley Cooley's hedge nettle.
    Post by: timbercheap, Jul 10, 2008 in forum: Plants: Identification
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    vinegar is a great weed killer

    Round up inhibits the production of an essential amino acid in green plants, so as Michael F correctly points out, as a broadspectrum...
    Post by: timbercheap, Jul 7, 2008 in forum: Garden Pest Management and Identification
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    Coastal BC Wildflower

    I found this wildflower in a moist ditch. About 75 cm tall. At first I guessed it might be a type of orchid, but after exhausting my field...
    Thread by: timbercheap, Jul 7, 2008, 3 replies, in forum: Plants: Identification
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    Devil's Club

    Sorry, I can't offer any strategies for transplanting as I have never tried it. However, I have seen the plant severely damaged by bears foraging...
    Post by: timbercheap, Aug 24, 2005 in forum: Plants: Nomenclature and Taxonomy
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    Age and ID of this conifer? pics

    I agree, Abies grandis .
    Post by: timbercheap, Aug 22, 2005 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
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    Protection from PINE BEETLE INFESTATION

    The only way to protect your trees that I know of is to find a distributor for mountain pine beetle pheremone packages (I'm not sure that it is...
    Post by: timbercheap, Aug 22, 2005 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
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    Devil's Club

    Sounds like a good excuse to go on a field trip. You can probably find this plant in the forests around Creston/ Cranbrook on the BC side of the...
    Post by: timbercheap, Aug 12, 2005 in forum: Plants: Nomenclature and Taxonomy
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    Propagation?

    Hi Wade; The only softwood I am aware of that is commercially grown from vegetative cuttings is yellow cypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis);...
    Post by: timbercheap, Aug 12, 2005 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
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    Oak Tree Identification

    I am 99% sure that Q. garryana will not grow outside of its narrow range on the west coast. In fact there is an abrupt dissappearance of this...
    Post by: timbercheap, Aug 10, 2005 in forum: Plants: Identification
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    Devil's Club

    If you want to find it in its biome- Devil's Club (Oplopanax horridus) can be found in northwestern Alberta in the boreal forest on sites that...
    Post by: timbercheap, Aug 9, 2005 in forum: Plants: Nomenclature and Taxonomy
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    blue spruce bald on one side

    The most important factor in seeing the tree through to a successful move, will be to ensure that as much of the root mass as possible is...
    Post by: timbercheap, Aug 9, 2005 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
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    Pine tree

    How many needles are present in each little bundle growing out of the branch stem? That will help narrow down the poetential agents causing the...
    Post by: timbercheap, Aug 5, 2005 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
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    Silvics of Araucaria araucana

    Thank you very much. I was fairly certain that was the case; I required third party verification to win a little bet. Now I get the beer!
    Post by: timbercheap, Aug 5, 2005 in forum: Araucariaceae