Test your #botany / #tree / #forest knowledge.
Do you recognize the tree? (grows in Europe)
Click the link to find out if you were right! If not: please do reply with the tree species you thought it was!
Herken jij de boom op de foto's? Klik de link om te kijken of je het goed had!
https://www.bomengids.nl/l/sp/84.html
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A giant smiley face made of trees appears every fall on a hillside in Oregon, near the town of Willamina. The face was planted in 2010 by a pair of foresters who worked for the lumber company. They used a clever mix of larch trees, which turn yellow or orange in autumn, and Douglas fir trees, which stay green year-round.
Now each fall, as the larches change color, the smiley face appears like clockwork. It’s become a seasonal roadside attraction & a feel-good symbol.
Europe’s first temperate Atlantic rainforest research station will be build in Cornwall. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/07/bid-to-build-europes-first-research-station-on-atlantic-temperate-rainforest-in-cornwall
Been #Hiking again #Today. This spot is normally never dry. This is the first time ever that this spot is so dry. It's in the middle of the #Forest. #ClimateChange is progressing. The signs are there, even for non-experts to see.
Yesterdays walk. Many trees recently down. Skunk cabbage flowers mostly done and leaves unfurling. Moss looking lush.
FOR SALE
„Birch Portal“, gouache & coloured pencil, 2025
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Pt 2: the Studio Ghibli forest, complete with wolf (dog).
I rarely walk out this far, its a long hike but completely magical.
Come run away to the woods for a while.
Follow the wolfdog's bells
There's a cute stone bridge and everything.
Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.
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The White House and DOGE have sought to eliminate thousands of jobs from the Forest Service. The wildland firefighting force is one of many targets within the agency.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-cuts-forest-service-firefighting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Jetzt bei BALDWALD:
* TV-Tipps für Naturfreunde 7. bis 11.4. https://www.baldwald.de/tv
* Heute 7.4. ist Weltgesundheitstag: https://www.baldwald.de/umwelttage/umwelttage-im-april.html
* Waldbrandgefahr regional hoch
und in aller Munde - aber noch nicht dramatisch: https://www.baldwald.de/waldbrand-in-deutschland.htm
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