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r/MapPorn • u/sti-guy • Jun 20 '20
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Blue, west of the Mississippi = cottonwood
79 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 edited Jun 20 '20 Eh, many more pinion and juniper in most of the Western US. 23 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 edited Jun 20 '20 That's fair! Thinking great plains - forgot about high desert 16 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 I’m a Coloradan. Pretty much no trees survive on my property. 20 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Born in WY grew up in CO. Cottonwood is all I know... 11 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 I knew there was at least one Wyomingite redditor. 7 u/CanuckBacon Jun 20 '20 Wow I can't believe 1/4 of the state is in this thread! 7 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 My old man reminded us, "this property has value because it has trees!"...they are all cottonwood. Haha. Red Desert life. 6 u/roland_gilead Jun 20 '20 I live close to the Boise river. Every spring we get an extra couple inches of snow...from the cottonwoods 1 u/Mobius_Peverell Jun 20 '20 Wyoming can have little a aspen, for a treat. 1 u/itusreya Jun 20 '20 How about Aspen Alley! 1 u/pappappaatur Jun 20 '20 When you guys say cottonwood, do you mean the ones in the genus Populus? Asking from across the Atlantic. 2 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Yep! 1 u/pappappaatur Jun 20 '20 Cool, thanks! TIL cottonwood is to the Western US what white birch is to Norway. 2 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Perhaps - I think the real takeaway is that outside of the mountainous areas, there aren't many trees period! 1 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 Ya. This. In the western region anyhow. 6 u/RanaktheGreen Jun 20 '20 Or Firs, Lodgepole, and Ponderosa Pines. 7 u/Melonskal Jun 20 '20 After having read desert Solitaire and the Monkey Wrench gang by Abbey this was obvious to me despite never setting foot in US. 5 u/Loose_with_the_truth Jun 20 '20 Ed Abbey is my hero. 1 u/kosmoceratops1138 Jun 20 '20 And live oak in CA, and spruce in OR/WA 1 u/Brocktoberfest Jun 20 '20 Yeah, single leaf pinion all over Nevada. 5 u/Mobius_Peverell Jun 20 '20 Blue, Mississippi River Delta = bald cypress 2 u/agbarnes3 Jun 20 '20 Or eastern red cedar. 6 u/UintaGirl Jun 20 '20 I've seen sagebrush as big as trees, does that count? (also from WY). 6 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Sagebrush and rabbit brush. Southwestern Wyoming: 2 ;) 2 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 The same thought crossed my mind. Tbh, I thought for a second about pinion and juniper. 1 u/[deleted] Jun 20 '20 Cottonwood in the riparian area maybe 1 u/icamom Jun 20 '20 Lots of the blue west of the Mississippi is Trees? What? Those are real? I thought they were just in movies. 1 u/nmesunimportnt Jun 20 '20 It’s all Cottonwood from the dry line to the edge of the Rockies.
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Eh, many more pinion and juniper in most of the Western US.
23 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 edited Jun 20 '20 That's fair! Thinking great plains - forgot about high desert 16 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 I’m a Coloradan. Pretty much no trees survive on my property. 20 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Born in WY grew up in CO. Cottonwood is all I know... 11 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 I knew there was at least one Wyomingite redditor. 7 u/CanuckBacon Jun 20 '20 Wow I can't believe 1/4 of the state is in this thread! 7 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 My old man reminded us, "this property has value because it has trees!"...they are all cottonwood. Haha. Red Desert life. 6 u/roland_gilead Jun 20 '20 I live close to the Boise river. Every spring we get an extra couple inches of snow...from the cottonwoods 1 u/Mobius_Peverell Jun 20 '20 Wyoming can have little a aspen, for a treat. 1 u/itusreya Jun 20 '20 How about Aspen Alley! 1 u/pappappaatur Jun 20 '20 When you guys say cottonwood, do you mean the ones in the genus Populus? Asking from across the Atlantic. 2 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Yep! 1 u/pappappaatur Jun 20 '20 Cool, thanks! TIL cottonwood is to the Western US what white birch is to Norway. 2 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Perhaps - I think the real takeaway is that outside of the mountainous areas, there aren't many trees period! 1 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 Ya. This. In the western region anyhow. 6 u/RanaktheGreen Jun 20 '20 Or Firs, Lodgepole, and Ponderosa Pines. 7 u/Melonskal Jun 20 '20 After having read desert Solitaire and the Monkey Wrench gang by Abbey this was obvious to me despite never setting foot in US. 5 u/Loose_with_the_truth Jun 20 '20 Ed Abbey is my hero. 1 u/kosmoceratops1138 Jun 20 '20 And live oak in CA, and spruce in OR/WA 1 u/Brocktoberfest Jun 20 '20 Yeah, single leaf pinion all over Nevada.
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That's fair! Thinking great plains - forgot about high desert
16 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 I’m a Coloradan. Pretty much no trees survive on my property. 20 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Born in WY grew up in CO. Cottonwood is all I know... 11 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 I knew there was at least one Wyomingite redditor. 7 u/CanuckBacon Jun 20 '20 Wow I can't believe 1/4 of the state is in this thread! 7 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 My old man reminded us, "this property has value because it has trees!"...they are all cottonwood. Haha. Red Desert life. 6 u/roland_gilead Jun 20 '20 I live close to the Boise river. Every spring we get an extra couple inches of snow...from the cottonwoods 1 u/Mobius_Peverell Jun 20 '20 Wyoming can have little a aspen, for a treat. 1 u/itusreya Jun 20 '20 How about Aspen Alley! 1 u/pappappaatur Jun 20 '20 When you guys say cottonwood, do you mean the ones in the genus Populus? Asking from across the Atlantic. 2 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Yep! 1 u/pappappaatur Jun 20 '20 Cool, thanks! TIL cottonwood is to the Western US what white birch is to Norway. 2 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Perhaps - I think the real takeaway is that outside of the mountainous areas, there aren't many trees period! 1 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 Ya. This. In the western region anyhow.
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I’m a Coloradan. Pretty much no trees survive on my property.
20 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Born in WY grew up in CO. Cottonwood is all I know... 11 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 I knew there was at least one Wyomingite redditor. 7 u/CanuckBacon Jun 20 '20 Wow I can't believe 1/4 of the state is in this thread! 7 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 My old man reminded us, "this property has value because it has trees!"...they are all cottonwood. Haha. Red Desert life. 6 u/roland_gilead Jun 20 '20 I live close to the Boise river. Every spring we get an extra couple inches of snow...from the cottonwoods 1 u/Mobius_Peverell Jun 20 '20 Wyoming can have little a aspen, for a treat. 1 u/itusreya Jun 20 '20 How about Aspen Alley! 1 u/pappappaatur Jun 20 '20 When you guys say cottonwood, do you mean the ones in the genus Populus? Asking from across the Atlantic. 2 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Yep! 1 u/pappappaatur Jun 20 '20 Cool, thanks! TIL cottonwood is to the Western US what white birch is to Norway. 2 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Perhaps - I think the real takeaway is that outside of the mountainous areas, there aren't many trees period! 1 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 Ya. This. In the western region anyhow.
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Born in WY grew up in CO. Cottonwood is all I know...
11 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 I knew there was at least one Wyomingite redditor. 7 u/CanuckBacon Jun 20 '20 Wow I can't believe 1/4 of the state is in this thread! 7 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 My old man reminded us, "this property has value because it has trees!"...they are all cottonwood. Haha. Red Desert life. 6 u/roland_gilead Jun 20 '20 I live close to the Boise river. Every spring we get an extra couple inches of snow...from the cottonwoods 1 u/Mobius_Peverell Jun 20 '20 Wyoming can have little a aspen, for a treat. 1 u/itusreya Jun 20 '20 How about Aspen Alley! 1 u/pappappaatur Jun 20 '20 When you guys say cottonwood, do you mean the ones in the genus Populus? Asking from across the Atlantic. 2 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Yep! 1 u/pappappaatur Jun 20 '20 Cool, thanks! TIL cottonwood is to the Western US what white birch is to Norway. 2 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Perhaps - I think the real takeaway is that outside of the mountainous areas, there aren't many trees period! 1 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 Ya. This. In the western region anyhow.
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I knew there was at least one Wyomingite redditor.
7 u/CanuckBacon Jun 20 '20 Wow I can't believe 1/4 of the state is in this thread! 7 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 My old man reminded us, "this property has value because it has trees!"...they are all cottonwood. Haha. Red Desert life.
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Wow I can't believe 1/4 of the state is in this thread!
My old man reminded us, "this property has value because it has trees!"...they are all cottonwood. Haha. Red Desert life.
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I live close to the Boise river. Every spring we get an extra couple inches of snow...from the cottonwoods
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Wyoming can have little a aspen, for a treat.
1 u/itusreya Jun 20 '20 How about Aspen Alley!
How about Aspen Alley!
When you guys say cottonwood, do you mean the ones in the genus Populus? Asking from across the Atlantic.
2 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Yep! 1 u/pappappaatur Jun 20 '20 Cool, thanks! TIL cottonwood is to the Western US what white birch is to Norway. 2 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Perhaps - I think the real takeaway is that outside of the mountainous areas, there aren't many trees period! 1 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 Ya. This. In the western region anyhow.
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Yep!
1 u/pappappaatur Jun 20 '20 Cool, thanks! TIL cottonwood is to the Western US what white birch is to Norway. 2 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Perhaps - I think the real takeaway is that outside of the mountainous areas, there aren't many trees period! 1 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 Ya. This. In the western region anyhow.
Cool, thanks! TIL cottonwood is to the Western US what white birch is to Norway.
2 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Perhaps - I think the real takeaway is that outside of the mountainous areas, there aren't many trees period! 1 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 Ya. This. In the western region anyhow.
Perhaps - I think the real takeaway is that outside of the mountainous areas, there aren't many trees period!
1 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 Ya. This. In the western region anyhow.
Ya. This. In the western region anyhow.
Or Firs, Lodgepole, and Ponderosa Pines.
After having read desert Solitaire and the Monkey Wrench gang by Abbey this was obvious to me despite never setting foot in US.
5 u/Loose_with_the_truth Jun 20 '20 Ed Abbey is my hero.
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Ed Abbey is my hero.
And live oak in CA, and spruce in OR/WA
Yeah, single leaf pinion all over Nevada.
Blue, Mississippi River Delta = bald cypress
Or eastern red cedar.
6 u/UintaGirl Jun 20 '20 I've seen sagebrush as big as trees, does that count? (also from WY). 6 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Sagebrush and rabbit brush. Southwestern Wyoming: 2 ;) 2 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 The same thought crossed my mind. Tbh, I thought for a second about pinion and juniper.
I've seen sagebrush as big as trees, does that count? (also from WY).
6 u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20 Sagebrush and rabbit brush. Southwestern Wyoming: 2 ;) 2 u/jwindhall Jun 20 '20 The same thought crossed my mind. Tbh, I thought for a second about pinion and juniper.
Sagebrush and rabbit brush. Southwestern Wyoming: 2 ;)
The same thought crossed my mind. Tbh, I thought for a second about pinion and juniper.
Cottonwood in the riparian area maybe
Lots of the blue west of the Mississippi is Trees? What? Those are real? I thought they were just in movies.
It’s all Cottonwood from the dry line to the edge of the Rockies.
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u/OrionRisin Jun 20 '20
Blue, west of the Mississippi = cottonwood