baumzaehlen - Primeval Forests & Their Trees

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Pinus lambertiana (sugar pine, Pinaceae)

Kings Canyon National Park , California, USA.
Kings Canyon National Park , California, USA.
Dry slope with P. lambertiana (left), Pinus ponderosa (ponderosa pine) and Quercus kelloggii (California black oak, extreme right). Kings Canyon National Park , California, USA.
P. lambertiana , extreme right background. Abies lowiana (California white fir), dark trunks; Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia), reddish trunks. Kings Canyon National Park , California, USA.
P. lambertiana , trees with long horizontal branches; Abies lowiana (California white fir) and Abies magnifica (red fir), narrow crowns. From Moro Rock to the east, Sequoia National Park , California, USA.
P. lambertiana , trees with long horizontal branches; Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia), large hemispherical crowns; Abies lowiana (California white fir), narrow crowns. Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park , California, USA.
President Tree, the third largest Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia). The young tree, right: P. lambertiana . Right background and left: Abies lowiana (California white fir). Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park , California, USA.