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~On Blue Bayou~
Looks to me like a dead Monterey Cypress Tree.
Now sing it if ya know it...
I'm going back someday
Come what may
To Blue Bayou
Where the folks are fine
And the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
Where those fishing boats
With their sails afloat
If I could only see
That familiar sunrise
Through sleepy eyes
How happy I'd be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yF2Dz3F3Ls
#RigsRocks #BlueBayou #Monterey #CentralCoast #SpanishBay #MontereyCypress #CupressusMacrocarpa #HesperocyparisMacrocarpa #PebbleBeach #LifeExpectancy2000yo #SeventeenMileDrive
~The Lonely Tree~
The Lone Tree is a famous Monterey Cypress Tree on the famous 17 mile scenic drive.
Wiki
The Lone Cypress is a Monterey cypress tree in Pebble Beach, California. Standing on a granite hillside off the 17-Mile Drive, the tree is a Western icon, and has been called one of the most photographed trees in North America. It is located between Cypress Point Golf Course and the Pebble Beach Golf Links, two of world's best-known golf courses. Possibly as old as 250 years, the cypress has been scarred by fire and has been held in place with cables for 65 years.
The Monterey cypress grows naturally only in Pebble Beach and Point Lobos.[1]
A drawing of the tree was registered as Pebble Beach Company's trademark in 1919. The company said the trademark protected not only the logo but also the tree itself.
#RigsRocks #LoneCypress #Monterey #CentralCoast #SpanishBay #MontereyCypress #CupressusMacrocarpa #HesperocyparisMacrocarpa #PebbleBeach #LifeExpectancy2000yo #SeventeenMileDrive
Año Nuevo, California
Two large Monterey cypress trees standing on a bluff along the Pacific coast as waves roll in. They are likely the last remains of an old building site.
Point Lobos, Big Sur, California
A Monterey Cypress stands on a granite outcropping along the Pacific Coast. This is not the Lone Cypress of Pebble Beach fame; that tree keeps its solitary watch a few miles to the north.
As a species the Monterey Cypress was once pretty lonely indeed, with only two small native populations on California's Monterey peninsula, one here at Point Lobos and another near Pebble Beach. The trees are now cultivated in the rest of California as well as in Australia and New Zealand.
With shadows at bottom of photo from the Monterey Cypress, Hesperocyparis macrocarpa, on which this alga grows,
Windy Cove,
Morro Bay, California
During some unusual coastal warmth and subtropical clouds.
Here is a close-up of this green alga: www.flickr.com/photos/marlinharms/30022088646/
Calypte anna
San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
A well-camouflaged Anna's hummingbird nest on the branch of a Monterey cypress (Hesperocyparis macrocarpa), briefly illuminated in the late afternoon sun.
Monterey Cypress, Hesperocyparis macrocarpa,
North Coast, San Luis Obispo Co., California
I have pointed my camera at these trees previously, though more as an accent mark: www.flickr.com/photos/marlinharms/30228191285/
~Oh Lonesome Me~
♫ Everybody's going out and having fun ♫
♪ I'm just a fool for staying home and having none ♪
♬ I can't get over how she set me free ♬
♩♩ Oh, lonesome me ♩♩
#RigsRocks #Monterey #CentralCoast #SpanishBay #MontereyCypress #CupressusMacrocarpa #HesperocyparisMacrocarpa #MontereyCypress #PebbleBeach #LifeExpectancy2000yo
Cupressus macrocarpa, (now classed as Hesperocyparis macrocarpa), commonly known as Monterey cypress, is a species of cypress native to the Central Coast of California. The native range of the species was confined to two small relict populations, at Cypress Point in Pebble Beach and at Point Lobos near Carmel, California.
The two native cypress forest stands are protected, within Point Lobos State Reserve and Del Monte Forest. The natural habitat is noted for its cool, moist summers, almost constantly bathed by sea fog.
It grows to heights of up to 133 feet in perfect growing conditions, and its trunk diameter can reach over 9 feet. The foliage grows in dense sprays which are bright green in color and release a deep lemony aroma when crushed. The leaves are scale-like, 2–5 mm long, and produced on rounded (not flattened) shoots; seedlings up to a year old have needle-like leaves 4–8 mm long.
It has been widely reported that individual C. macrocarpa trees may be up to 2,000 years old, but this is disputed by botanists, and the longest-lived report based on physical evidence is of a tree 284 years old.
When planted in areas with hot summers, for example in interior California away from the coastal fog belt, Monterey cypress has proved highly susceptible to cypress canker, caused by the fungus Seiridium cardinale, and rarely survives more than a few years. This disease is not a problem where summers are cool.[13]
~The Lonely Tree...Part 2~
looks better bigger view, as you can see more details...
Im not sure why they call it the Lone Cypress when its clearly not alone...Anyways here's a close-up. You can also see the bricks they added as long with the cables to support this tree.
The Lone Tree is a famous Monterey Cypress Tree on the famous 17 mile scenic drive.
Wiki
The Lone Cypress is a Monterey cypress tree in Pebble Beach, California. Standing on a granite hillside off the 17-Mile Drive, the tree is a Western icon, and has been called one of the most photographed trees in North America. It is located between Cypress Point Golf Course and the Pebble Beach Golf Links, two of world's best-known golf courses. Possibly as old as 250 years, the cypress has been scarred by fire and has been held in place with cables for 65 years.
The Monterey cypress grows naturally only in Pebble Beach and Point Lobos.[1]
A drawing of the tree was registered as Pebble Beach Company's trademark in 1919. The company said the trademark protected not only the logo but also the tree itself.
#RigsRocks #LoneCypress #Monterey #CentralCoast #SpanishBay #MontereyCypress #CupressusMacrocarpa #HesperocyparisMacrocarpa #PebbleBeach #LifeExpectancy2000yo #SeventeenMileDrive #PacificGrove
(from a couple months ago)
Acmispon glaber & Hesperocyparis macrocarpa,
Sweet Springs Nature Preserve,
Los Osos, California
Just sold a 30x45 print (through my art consultant) of this scene I captured along the California coast. Should turn out real nice on a corporate client's wall! Also, enjoyed a conversation with the printer who use to own The New Lab (where I processed thousands of rolls and sheets of film for many years).
USA: California: Monterey County: Pacific Grove: Pebble Beach/ California's scenic 17-mile drive/ Midway Point: The famous Lone Cypress Tree at sunset (a medium-sized coniferous evergreen possibly 250 years old), on a rugged granite peninsula along the California coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean - © Sean Arbabi | seanarbabi.com (all rights reserved worldwide)
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa mostly covered in lichens,
Montana de Oro State Park,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
Monterey Cypress, Hesperocyparis macrocarpa, on rocky cliff above the sea at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California, USA
I saw this Great Blue Heron perched in the very tip top of a tall Monterey Cypress (Hesperocyparis macrocarpa) in the back campground at Montana de Oro State Park in Los Osos, California USA. To me, it appears as if the Great Blue Heron is sitting in the middle of a green crown or aerie.
7Sept15 BushPhoto
Ardea herodias
Monterey cypress... (origin California)
with Hydrangea anomalia (Japanese climbing-hydrangea,) vine (origin Japan. Himalayas, China and Burma)
San Francisco Botanical Garden ✿ Strybing Arboretum
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
February 2021
20210222_151726
It grows to heights of up to 40 meters (133 feet) in perfect growing conditions, and its trunk diameter can reach 2.5 meters (over 8 feet).
"Because of the large trunk size some trees develop, people have assumed that individual H. macrocarpa trees may be up to 2,000 years old. However, the longest-lived report based on physical evidence is only 284 years old.The renowned Californian botanist Willis Linn Jepson wrote that "the advertisement of [C. macrocarpa trees] in seaside literature as 1,000 to 2,000 years old does not ... rest upon any actual data, and probably represents a desire to minister to a popular craving for superlatives". Few trees survive beyond 100 years."
This species has been widely planted outside its (very small) native range, particularly along the coasts of California and Oregon.
- wikipedia
family: Cupressaceae
San Francisco Botanical Garden ✿ Strybing Arboretum
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
February 2021
20210222_151656_HDR
Part of a large grove of Monterey Cypress trees in the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve at Moss Beach. Locals say that these native trees were planted here around 100 years ago.
"Cascadian/Hemlock/Type 3" Red Crossbill in Monterey Cypress. During a minor invasion year, Central California Coast. Late winter. ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27802098
Image taken at Point Lobos State Reserve, Monterey County, California
Image was originally taken as a 35mm slide
Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa
Cupressaceae
Status: Vulnerable
Endemic to the Central Coast of California and restricted to two small populations, the Del Monte Forest and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, south of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
However, it is widely used in landscaping outside its natural range in California and other places in the world.
This particular individual is known as "The Lone Cypress," part of the 17-mile drive, Pacific Grove Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula. The other trees, including the foliage in the foreground, are also Monterey cypress.
Rick's shot. At a park on the English Channel; unknown whether planted or naturalized. This is a California species that thrives on cool, windswept coasts.
Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa
Cupressaceae
Status: Vulnerable
Endemic to the Central Coast of California and restricted to two small populations, the Del Monte Forest and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, south of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
However, it is widely used in landscaping outside its natural range in California and other places in the world.
The massive girth of this specimen is displayed in residential Pacific Grove, California by my wife and niece.
Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa
Cupressaceae
Status: Vulnerable
Endemic to the Central Coast of California and restricted to two small populations, the Del Monte Forest and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, south of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
However, it is widely used in landscaping outside its natural range in California and other places in the world.
Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa
Cupressaceae
Status: Vulnerable
Endemic to the Central Coast of California and restricted to two small populations, the Del Monte Forest and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, south of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
However, it is widely used in landscaping outside its natural range in California and other places in the world.
Many of the Monterey cypress have lichens draping from the branches, which reminds me of the Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides)* hanging from bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) in the southern USA.
www.flickr.com/photos/23715954@N02/2443355491/
www.flickr.com/photos/lbricephoto/2944536690/
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* Interestingly, the specific epithet or species name usneoides means "resembling Usnea." Although Spanish moss does resemble beard moss (Usnea spp.), the two species are totally unrelated.
Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa
Cupressaceae
Status: Vulnerable
Endemic to the Central Coast of California and restricted to two small populations, the Del Monte Forest and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, south of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
However, it is widely used in landscaping outside its natural range in California and other places in the world.
Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa
Cupressaceae
Status: Vulnerable
Endemic to the Central Coast of California and restricted to two small populations, the Del Monte Forest and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, south of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
However, it is widely used in landscaping outside its natural range in California and other places in the world.
Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa
Cupressaceae
Status: Vulnerable
Endemic to the Central Coast of California and restricted to two small populations, the Del Monte Forest and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, south of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
However, it is widely used in landscaping outside its natural range in California and other places in the world.
This is a large landscape specimen featuring the trunk outside the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa
Cupressaceae
Status: Vulnerable
Endemic to the Central Coast of California and restricted to two small populations, the Del Monte Forest and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, south of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
However, it is widely used in landscaping outside its natural range in California and other places in the world.
This is a smaller landscape specimen outside the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa
Cupressaceae
Status: Vulnerable
Endemic to the Central Coast of California and restricted to two small populations, the Del Monte Forest and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, south of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
However, it is widely used in landscaping outside its natural range in California and other places in the world.
Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa
Cupressaceae
Status: Vulnerable
Endemic to the Central Coast of California and restricted to two small populations, the Del Monte Forest and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, south of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
However, it is widely used in landscaping outside its natural range in California and other places in the world.
This particular individual is known as "The Lone Cypress," part of the 17-mile drive, Pacific Grove Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula.
Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa
Cupressaceae
Status: Vulnerable
Endemic to the Central Coast of California and restricted to two small populations, the Del Monte Forest and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, south of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
However, it is widely used in landscaping outside its natural range in California and other places in the world.
Monterey Cypress or Macrocarpa
Cupressaceae
Status: Vulnerable
Endemic to the Central Coast of California and restricted to two small populations, the Del Monte Forest and Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, south of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
However, it is widely used in landscaping outside its natural range in California and other places in the world.
Cypress Grove Trail, Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, Monterey County, CA, 7/6/2014
Linhof Master Technika 2000 camera, 150mm Schneider Symmar-S f/5.6 lens, Fujicolor Pro 160S film, 3 exposures, 156 megapixels
On a visit to Point Lobos, south of California’s Carmel-by-the-Sea, I was impressed by the rugged simplicity of Pinnacle Point, with its lone cypress and patches of ice plant. Here is a view of the promontory across Pinnacle Cove from Cypress Grove Trail on South Point. Beyond The Pinnacle is Carmel Bay. At the horizon, distant Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula is barely visible through the fog. Cormorants and gulls nest on the steep sides of sandstone cliffs on Pinnacle Point and other inaccessible rocks throughout the Reserve. Australian-born California painter Francis McComas (1875-1938) called Point Lobos the “greatest meeting of land and water in the world”.
I think this is the seed cone of a Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa or Hesperocyparis macrocarpa). It's in St Nicholas' churchyard in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, photographed on 29 August 2014. Macrocarpa means "large-fruit".
To see my collections, go here.
This tree has a Tree Preservation Order. Application 7-2016-3204-L read: "Monterey Cypress T1 - Remove the fractured branch and tip back the remaining 3 lowest branches by 2m. Also Crown thin by 5% and deadwood."
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
Monterey cypress has been widely cultivated away from its native range, both elsewhere along the California coast, and in other areas with similar cool summer, mild winter oceanic climates. It is a popular private garden and public landscape tree in California.
When planted in areas with hot summers, for example in interior California away from the coastal fog belt, Monterey cypress has proved highly susceptible to cypress canker, caused by the fungus Seiridium cardinale, and rarely survives more than a few years. This disease is not a problem where summers are cool.
San Francisco Botanical Garden ● Strybing Arboretum
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
February 18, 2021
20210218_162901