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The Cedar of Lebanon
The Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani) is in my opinion the most renown Evergreen tree of all time. It was valued by the Ancient Egyptians, Hebrews, Arabs, Babylonians, Phoenicians, Greeks and others....
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The Spanish Fir - Abies pinsapo
To see the Spanish fir tree (Abies Pinsapo) in its native range one has to go to a rather small area of the "Sierra de las Nieves" mountains in Southern Spain not too far from the city of Ronda. I have...
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Canary Island Pine - Pinus Canariensis
The Canary Island Pine is an evergreen tree with long needle type leaves and fairly large cones. This tree species is native to the Canary Islands (part of Spain but located off the west coast of...
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Maritime Pine - Pinus Pinaster
The Maritime Pine or Cluster Pine as it is sometimes called (Pinus pinaster) is a common evergreen tree along the coastal regions of Spain and Portugal. It has a fairly close resemblance to the Allepo...
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Monkey Puzzle tree (Araucaria Araucana)
The story goes that the Monkey Puzzle tree got its peculiar name when someone in England looked at it and exclaimed "a monkey would be puzzled at how to climb that tree!". One look at the sharp, pointy...
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Transformation of Cyparissus into a Cypress tree
"In all the throng the cone-shaped cypress stood; a tree now, it was changed from a dear youth loved by the god who strings the lyre and bow [i.e. Apollon]. For there was at one time, a mighty stag...
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Monk Parakeets feeding on Cypress seeds
Recently I have been observing a lot of Monk Parakeets feeding on Cypress seeds near where I live in Madrid, Spain. These birds are not native to Spain but I get the sense that there numbers are...
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Norfolk Pine - Araucaria heterophylla
The Norfolk Pine ( Araucaria heterophylla) is originally native to Norfolk Island (East of Australia in the South Pacific). For more than a hundred years now it has found its way around the temperate...
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Cook Pine - Araucaria columnaris
The Cook pine (species: Araucaria columnaris) is a tree native to the Cook Islands (north-east of Australia in the South Pacific). It is often confused with its close cousin the Norfolk Island Pine...
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Atlas Cedar - Cedrus Atlantica
The Atlas Cedar tree (Cedrus atlantica) is a very close relative of the Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani). Its native range is in Northern Morocco and especially the Atlas mountains from which it...
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California Incense-cedar: Calocedrus decurrens
The California Incense Cedar (species: Calocedrus decurrens) is one of quite a few trees that are referred to as cedars. The images in this post are of a tree that I planted about ten years ago (it was...
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Incense Cedar tree seeds
The seeds of the Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) are released from a pod shaped cone that opens up like the mouth of a crocodile except that the crocodile probably does not have as much of a...
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Monkey Puzzle tree cones
I recently came across a large Monkey Puzzle tree in Portland, Oregon with some mature seed cones on the lower branches. This allowed me to get some good pictures a good bit closer up than I have in...
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European Silver Fir - Abies alba
The European silver fir (abies alba) gets its name from the silvery color effect caused by the white stripes along the undersides of the needle like leaves. It is a common tree used for Christmas...
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