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Ypache Tsuga
Here, she is sitting on a fence post in front of a beech tree in the garden...She may well be contemplating her name.
Eliot says cats must have three names. Ypache has two. However, I often call her Ypache McClatchey; well, she IS Scottish, after all.
Her middle name is a nod to her mother, Aspyn, named after a beautiful willow tree and, as we had just returned from a road trip from California, through Oregon to Washington, I decided to use the western hemlock or Tsuga.
South Carrick Hills
SW Scotland
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“When you notice a cat in profound meditation
The reason, I tell you, is always the same
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name
His ineffable, effable, effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular name
Name, name, name, name, name, name.”
TS Eliot - ‘The Naming of Cats’
This is a view from the Yaseone ridge that is the southern rim of the Tsugaike marshes. Altitude of the ridge is more or less 2,000 m.
Autumn foliage still remains on the south-facing slope of the ridge. Yellow Dakekanba birch and dark green Ooshirabiso fir are dominant trees on the slope. Yellow conifer foliage in the right is Karamatsu (Japanese larch, Larix kaempferi).
The forest surrounding the Tsugaike marshes contains Kome-tsuga (Tsuga diversifolia) that is a conifer tree endemic to Japan. Tsuga is a genus in the pine family (Pinaceae), and Tsuga species are found in Japan, China and Himalayas as well as in North America. American relatives are called hemlock.
Tsuga-ike means "Tsuga pond" and, I suppose, the name was originally meant specifically for the Tsugaike marshes.
A local source insists that Tsuga is a local name for Ooshirabiso.
Waking up to this in the mornings blows me away! We rented a wonderful house for a few days, with rear balconies overlooking this inlet.
This is the western arm of the Ucluelet Inlet on the Ucluelet Peninsula. It looks out, southward, to the Loudoun Channel and the Beg Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Just out of shot, to the east side of this channel, are three First Nations Reserves - Ittatsoo Indian Reserve, Stuart Bay Indian Reserve and Dookqua Indian Reserve. Many First Nations people live and work around this area. I loved this aspect of the place!
Foreground trees are, I think, Western Hemlock or Tsuga.
I found this to be Paradise...Just awe-inspiring and jaw-dropping beauty, both in the scenery and the wildlife. In-love-with-place!
Ucluelet Peninsula
Vancouver Island
BC
Canada
16 July, 2019
This photo was taken from the trail on the Happoone ridge leading to Karamatsu-dake in late October. the ridge between Karamatsu-dake in the left and Tenguno Kashira in the right is called Kaerazuno Kiretto meaning "saw-tooth ridge of no return" due to the dangerous rocky trail.
Shrubs in front consist of conifer trees such as Haimatsu (siberian dwarf pine, Pinus pumila), Kurobe (Japanese thuja, Thuja standishii) and Kometsuga (northern Japanese hemlock, Tsuga diversifolia).
They are dwarfed due to the poor alkaline soil of serpentine rock. They also get buried half a year under heavy snowfall.
I did not find any Karamatsu (Japanese larch) despite the name of Karamatsu-dake.
Blooming white flowers are Mizubashou (Lysichiton camtschatcensis).
It is known to herald the coming of spring, and its blooming in June is exceptional.
Conifer trees on the surrounding slopes are mostly Ooshirabiso (Maries' fir, Abies mariesii) with some Kome-tsuga (Northern Japanese hemlock, Tsuga diversifolia). Both are species endemic to Japan although Ooshirabiso is a close relative of Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis), and Kometsuga also has relatives in North America.
Locals call highland conifer trees "Tsuga" regardless of species. Tsuga-ike (栂池) means "conifer tree (-surrounded) pond". It was originally the name specifically for the Tsugaike marshes.
Snow-capped mountains are the three mountains of Hakuba, namely, Shirouma-dake, Shakushi-dake and Hakuba-yarigatake from right to left.
This was the only place in Tsugaike marshes I could visit on this day as the boardwalks and trails to other areas were still covered by snow.
Northward view from Kuroyon Dam across the conifer forest of Kurobe-gawa gorge. Kita Alps including Hakuba mountains stride over the Toyama - Nagano border.
Conifer trees are not afforestation of Japanese cedar but a primary forest of other endemic species such as Ooshirabiso (Maries fir, Abies mariesii), Tsuga (Japanese hemlock, Tsuga sieboldii) and Kurobe (Japanese thuja, Thuja standishii).
As the bus descended to Bijodaira, snow fields gradually gave way to subalpine forests that consisted of endemic conifer trees such as Ooshirabiso (Maries' fir, Abies mariesii), Touhi (Picea jezoensis) and Kometsuga (Tsuga diversifolia).
This photo was taken from the Tsugaike ski gelände in late September.
The ridge in the upper centre is called Kaerazuno-Kiretto (不帰の劔) meaning "sawtooth ridge of no return" due to the difficulty to walk on the trail laid out on the jagged and narrow ridge connecting Hakuba mountains in the right and Karamatsu-dake (唐松岳) in the left.
Less jagged eastern slope of Karamatsu-dake is converted to the Happoone ski gelände.
Rice terrace of Tsugaike (flic.kr/p/2nCPHpq) is located along a stream that flows between the ski gelände and the green hill.
I was intrigued by the circles of mountain hemlock at Lassen Volcanic National Park. Mountain hemlock is usually found on cold, snowy subalpine sites where the trees grow slowly, sometimes attaining more than 800 years in age.
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This photo was taken while walking on the Kuroyon Dam. Altitude of the surface of Kurobe-ko (黒部湖) is 1,440m. Steep banks of the reservoir are covered with primary forests.
It is interesting that the western bank in the right is covered with a mixed forest of beech and conifer trees in contrast to the eastern bank where conifer trees are dominant. According to a web site, snowfall is heavier on the western bank, but the eastern bank is directly hit by the cold northwestern monsoon. It may be a reason for the lack of beech trees on the eastern bank despite a modest altitude.
Conifer trees found on the banks of the reservoir are Ooshirabiso (Maries fir, Abies mariesii), Tsuga (Japanese hemlock, Tsuga sieboldii) and Kurobe (Japanese thuja, Thuja standishii).
Kurobe is endemic to Japan but close to Pacific red cedar (Thuja plicata). The river name of Kurobe-gawa may derive from the plant or the plant was named after the name of the river.
Oogizawa (扇沢) is the eastern entrance to the Tateyama - Kurobe Alpine Route located in Oomachi city. There is a bus terminal at an altitude of 1,433m exclusively for the electric bus service through a tunnel to the damsite of Kurobe-gawa Hydropower Plant No.4 (黒部川第四発電所), often shortened to Kuroyon (黒四).
Oogizawa and Kurobe Dam are within the Chuubu Sangaku National Park (中部山岳国立公園). The forest in the photo is near primary.
Deciduous trees in front are mostly beech. There is no more Sugi afforestation and, instead, conifer trees such as Tsuga (Japanese hemlock, Tsuga sieboldii), Touhi (Ezo spruce, Picea jezoensis var. hondoensis) and Ooshirabiso (Maries fir, Abies mariesii) are found in the subalpine forest on the upper slope. Deciduous trees on the upper slope are Dakekanba (Erman's birch, Betula ermanii).
Another photo taken from the bridge over the Kitakuzu-sawa. It is amazing that such a modest stream carved the gorge so deep.
Two photos were merged to get this image.
Mizunara oak, Buna beech and maple species are major players of autumn colour. Evergreen conifer trees include Tsuga hemlock, Nikko fir and Kurobe thuja.
There is a general tendency in Japanese mountains that conifer trees grow in unfavourable conditions such as steep and rocky terrain, thin topsoil, windy mountain ridge etc,
Glancing out my window, I noticed some wonderful light making my world full of sparkles. Even in the darkest winter days, there is still awesome light :)
A photo taken near the southern upstream end of Ryuujin-ko Reservoir. Conifer trees cling to the near vertical rocky cliff of the Takase Gorge.
The altitude of the water surface is at 890 m. Broad-leaf deciduous trees are dominant at this altitude in Central Japan if the soil condition is good, which is not the case with Takase Gorge.
Judging from the foliage in the photo, it seems to be a mixed forest of conifer trees consisting of Kurobe cypress, Tsuga thuja and Nikko fir. Steep rocky cliff of the gorge may have provided a niche for the conifers.
Le Domaine Solvay de La Hulpe qui s'étend sur 227 ha de verdure, de bois et d'étangs, est bordé en ses bordures nord et ouest par la Forêt de Soignes et au sud par la Réserve naturelle du Nysdam, la plus grande du Brabant wallon.
Presque tous les types de végétation et de milieux naturels de la région y sont représentés. A la fois lieu de refuge, site de repos, de nourrissage, de reproduction, de nidification et de halte migratoire pour l'avifaune, le Domaine Solvay convient parfaitement aux petits et grands mammifères.
Le parc Solvay fut d'abord classé en raison de sa valeur esthétique par arrêté royal du 10 juin 1963, puis comme patrimoine majeur de Wallonie en 1993, enfin récemment comme site Natura 2000.
La richesse du parc donne lieu à de nombreuses études réalisées par des scientifiques du Jardin botanique national de Belgique, de l'institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique, de l'Unité d'Ecologie et de Biogéographie de l'UCL... Il est aussi régulièrement parcouru par des associations de naturalistes, d'ornithologues, d'entomologues, de mycologues,...
A voir absolument : la hêtraie cathédrale, le belvédère, les massifs de rhododendrons et d'azalées, les vallons forestiers, les étangs, le Jardin français, les arbres remarquables (séquoia géant, arbre aux 40 écus, pterocayer du Caucase, tulipier de Virginie, tsuga de Californie, douglas de l'Oregon, cryptomeria du Japon,...), la faune (grèbe huppé, fuligule milouin, foulque macroule, oies bernache,...)
Domaine Solvay de La Hulpe which extends over 227 ha of greenery, woods and ponds, is bordered on its northern and western borders by the Sonian Forest and to the south by the Nysdam Nature Reserve, the largest in the Walloon Brabant.
Almost all types of vegetation and natural environments in the region are represented there. At the same time place of refuge, site of rest, feeding, reproduction, nesting and migratory stopover for avifauna, Domaine Solvay is perfectly suited to small and large mammals.
The Solvay park was first classified because of its aesthetic value by royal decree of June 10, 1963, then as a major heritage of Wallonia in 1993, and finally recently as a Natura 2000 site.
The richness of the park gives rise to numerous studies carried out by scientists from the National Botanical Garden of Belgium, the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, the Unit of Ecology and Biogeography of UCL ... is also regularly visited by associations of naturalists, ornithologists, entomologists, mycologists, ...
Must see: the cathedral beech grove, the belvedere, the rhododendron and azalea massifs, the forest valleys, the ponds, the French Garden, the remarkable trees (giant sequoia, 40 crown tree, Caucasian pterocayer, Virginia tulip tree , California tsuga, Oregon Douglas-fir, Japanese cryptomeria, ...), fauna (great crested grebe, common pochard, coot, barnacle geese, ...)
Shiga Kougen Highlands were created by volcanic activities that dammed rivers and streams in the mountain valleys. The lakes created by lava flows were eventually filled with sediment from surrounding volcanoes and turned into wetlands. Hence, there are many ponds in Shiga Kougen, and Kidoike (木戸池) is one of such ponds.
It is surrounded by Shirakaba birch with white bark and endemic conifer trees such as Ooshirabiso fir (Abies mariesii), Kurobe thuja (Thuja standishii), Kometsuga (Tsuga diversifolia) and Karamatsu larch (Larix kaempferi).
It is a typical sub-alpine landscape.
This is a re-edit with Lightroom of a previously uploaded photo.
A photo taken by looking down on Ryuujinko reservoir from the roadside. Two photos were merged to get this image.
Whitish green water contains sulphur colloid deriving from volcanic activities and mud from easily collapsible granite and serpentinite rocks that form Kita Alps. The mud also poses a major challenge to maintain the hydropower plants and reservoirs in Takase Gorge.
The altitude of the surface is 890 m. Deciduous broadleaf trees usually dominate at this altitude in central Japan if the soil conditions are good. Here in Takase Gorge, the forest consists of many conifer trees such as Tsuga (Japanese hemlock, Tsuga sieboldii), Karamatsu (Japanese larch, Larix kaempferi) and Urajiro-momi (Nikko fir, Abies homolepis) due to inhospitable climate, thin soil, steep terrain etc.
Eastern hemlocks the most common conifers around our cottage, and can grow very large. In contrast, their cones are remarkable diminutive, on scale with the mosses that often grow beneath them.
My partner and I trekked and scrambled to the top of a forested crag behind the cottage. I've gone there a few times before but it's becoming a bit athletic for us. I was rewarded with the chance to photograph mosses, lichens, and ferns growing under trees where human feed seldom tread.
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Western Red Hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla.
A visit to some local woodland this morning where this species has been harvested. They will be replaced by broadleaf species in the near future.
A Canada jay watches from a branch of a western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) covered with old man's beard lichen (Usnea sp.) in the Olympic Mountains of Washington State.
On Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) in the grounds of the lovely chateau I was fortunate enough to be able to explore!
Chateau de Rametz - Parc de l'Avesnois - France (Sept 19)
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A freakish late March flurry covers the branches and needles of an Eastern Hemlock with a fresh coating of snow.
Juan de Fuca Provincial Park, southwestern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
A different and closer view of a large Western hemlock tree (Tsuga heterophylla) that began life on a giant nurse log. This is one of several buttress-roots extending from its trunk.
www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/treebook/westernh...
Sombrio Beach, Juan de Fuca Provincial Park, southwestern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
This ancient tree is very much alive and thriving, though the massive "nurse" log on which it grew is long ago decomposed. The diameter of the base of the tree is approximately fifteen feet wide. The space inside is about nine feet high.
www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/treebook/westernh...
Le Domaine Solvay de La Hulpe qui s'étend sur 227 ha de verdure, de bois et d'étangs, est bordé en ses bordures nord et ouest par la Forêt de Soignes et au sud par la Réserve naturelle du Nysdam, la plus grande du Brabant wallon.
Presque tous les types de végétation et de milieux naturels de la région y sont représentés. A la fois lieu de refuge, site de repos, de nourrissage, de reproduction, de nidification et de halte migratoire pour l'avifaune, le Domaine Solvay convient parfaitement aux petits et grands mammifères.
Le parc Solvay fut d'abord classé en raison de sa valeur esthétique par arrêté royal du 10 juin 1963, puis comme patrimoine majeur de Wallonie en 1993, enfin récemment comme site Natura 2000.
La richesse du parc donne lieu à de nombreuses études réalisées par des scientifiques du Jardin botanique national de Belgique, de l'institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique, de l'Unité d'Ecologie et de Biogéographie de l'UCL... Il est aussi régulièrement parcouru par des associations de naturalistes, d'ornithologues, d'entomologues, de mycologues,...
A voir absolument : la hêtraie cathédrale, le belvédère, les massifs de rhododendrons et d'azalées, les vallons forestiers, les étangs, le Jardin français, les arbres remarquables (séquoia géant, arbre aux 40 écus, pterocayer du Caucase, tulipier de Virginie, tsuga de Californie, douglas de l'Oregon, cryptomeria du Japon,...), la faune (grèbe huppé, fuligule milouin, foulque macroule, oies bernache,...)
Domaine Solvay de La Hulpe which extends over 227 ha of greenery, woods and ponds, is bordered on its northern and western borders by the Sonian Forest and to the south by the Nysdam Nature Reserve, the largest in the Walloon Brabant.
Almost all types of vegetation and natural environments in the region are represented there. At the same time place of refuge, site of rest, feeding, reproduction, nesting and migratory stopover for avifauna, Domaine Solvay is perfectly suited to small and large mammals.
The Solvay park was first classified because of its aesthetic value by royal decree of June 10, 1963, then as a major heritage of Wallonia in 1993, and finally recently as a Natura 2000 site.
The richness of the park gives rise to numerous studies carried out by scientists from the National Botanical Garden of Belgium, the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, the Unit of Ecology and Biogeography of UCL ... is also regularly visited by associations of naturalists, ornithologists, entomologists, mycologists, ...
Must see: the cathedral beech grove, the belvedere, the rhododendron and azalea massifs, the forest valleys, the ponds, the French Garden, the remarkable trees (giant sequoia, 40 crown tree, Caucasian pterocayer, Virginia tulip tree , California tsuga, Oregon Douglas-fir, Japanese cryptomeria, ...), fauna (great crested grebe, common pochard, coot, barnacle geese, ...)
The theme of "Green", continued. The temperate rain forest of coastal British Columbia is not the easiest subject, I found, during my nearly four decades living there. Such complexity... density... a wild tangle of green. Strong graphics usually arise from simplification, and I find that much easier on the prairie. But there's no denying the beauty of those forests, and I kept working at ways to capture it, first on film, and later, digitally.
Cloudy days worked best; bright sunshine adds uncountable shadows to a scene, each of which becomes yet another element in any composition, adding to the natural complexity. Here, the light was soft, but the subject matter remained very complex. I tried a wide angle lens; didn't work. Switched to a medium telephoto view, which allowed me to isolate the trunk of this hemlock and render the background out of focus. Better!
I think maybe the moss in the middle of the trunk anchors the scene.
Western Hemlock is among the most important softwood products of coastal British Columbia. Others include Douglas-fir, Western Red Cedar, and Sitka Spruce. Hemlock and cedar are the second wave of trees to germinate and thrive following a forest fire. Douglas Fir grows faster, but eventually it shades out its own seedlings, which require direct sunlight. Hemlock and cedar can grow in shade, beneath the fir canopy, and a mature or climax forest is comprised largely of aged giants of these two species along with the towering survivors of the original fir regeneration, and a wide assortment of lesser trees and shrubs.
Photographed in Cowichan River Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2009 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Three Red-winged blackbirds have been lingering around my yard after their large flock dropped in and soon departed. Here is one of them in my Canadian, or eastern hemlock tree.
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On an early spring evening in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland, a Bobcat stops to inspect a scent-marking site beneath the sprawling boughs of an old-growth western hemlock. Photographed with a DSLR camera trap, without the use of bait or scent lure.
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Mourning doves (Zenaida macroura, Columbidae) in dappled morning light on branches of what looks like either a balsam fir (Abies balsamea, Pinaceae) or an eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis, Pinaceae)
On the edge of Northern Highland--American Legion State Forest, near Bluegill Lake east of the town of Lake Tomahawk, Oneida County, Wisconsin
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