Transition Zone
On the west side of Cottonwood Creek and near the sawmill and factory is a grove of Ponderosa Pines about 70 to 80 scale feet tall and some pinyons in the 10 to 25 foot range. in the far distance beyond the sawmill are some Ponderosa Pines up to 110 scale feet tall, the tallest trees on my layout.
Woodland Scenics makes several sizes of conifer tree kits that can be bent and trimmed into several tree shapes. The tree trunks are then painted the proper color before applying the adhesive that holds on the ground foam foliage. That also applies to their broadleaf tree kits. In fact, I used some small broadleaf tree armatures trimmed down to make my pinyons. In both cases, I painted the trunks a rust brown color characteristic of the Ponderosa Pines and pinyons growing throughout the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevadas, Cascades, and other western mountain ranges. Both species of pine are fairly drought resistant and often grow in fairly open groves with brush, grass, and even cactus underneath. The tall Ponderosa Pines are the main tree of the Transition Zone between the semi-desert Upper Sonoran Zone of shorter pinyons, junipers, and scrub oaks below and the Canadian Zone of Douglas Firs growing at higher altitudes. Aspens grow in the Transition, Canadian, and Hudsonian zones after an area has been disturbed by fire or landslide and provide shade for the young pines, firs, and spruce to grow.
Transition Zone
On the west side of Cottonwood Creek and near the sawmill and factory is a grove of Ponderosa Pines about 70 to 80 scale feet tall and some pinyons in the 10 to 25 foot range. in the far distance beyond the sawmill are some Ponderosa Pines up to 110 scale feet tall, the tallest trees on my layout.
Woodland Scenics makes several sizes of conifer tree kits that can be bent and trimmed into several tree shapes. The tree trunks are then painted the proper color before applying the adhesive that holds on the ground foam foliage. That also applies to their broadleaf tree kits. In fact, I used some small broadleaf tree armatures trimmed down to make my pinyons. In both cases, I painted the trunks a rust brown color characteristic of the Ponderosa Pines and pinyons growing throughout the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevadas, Cascades, and other western mountain ranges. Both species of pine are fairly drought resistant and often grow in fairly open groves with brush, grass, and even cactus underneath. The tall Ponderosa Pines are the main tree of the Transition Zone between the semi-desert Upper Sonoran Zone of shorter pinyons, junipers, and scrub oaks below and the Canadian Zone of Douglas Firs growing at higher altitudes. Aspens grow in the Transition, Canadian, and Hudsonian zones after an area has been disturbed by fire or landslide and provide shade for the young pines, firs, and spruce to grow.