4 Ways British and American Trees Are Very Different

[@LostinthePond]

Note: when I say "forest" I probably mean "wood". The point is, Maine just has lots of trees.

[@Serai3]

What is the difference between them? I've always heard them used interchangeably.

[@CocoTaveras8975]

Serai3 SAME!

[@LewisPattJr]

I've always found the noun 'wood' to refer to the material trees are made of, and 'woods' (still singular) to a large group of trees that's not as big as a forest. Not sure exactly when the quantity of trees changes it from 'the woods' to 'the forest', though.

[@rebeccasorgenfrei430]

The sweetgum tree is, in fact closely related to chewing gum, in that chewing gum was originally sourced from the hardened sap of this tree.

[@Serai3]

+Lewis Patt Yes, but "a wood" is a synonym for "a forest", at least in all the reading I've ever done. Honestly, I think they mean the same thing, at least in America, which is why I was curious as to what the difference is in England.

[@benrast1755]

You can sometimes find American trees in a line. In the UK, you’re more likely to find them in a queue. 😜

[@robertruark8797]

A lot of times that's because they are planted that way for pulpwood harvesting.

[@debbie4503]

😂

[@VampcatVvvvV]

@@robertruark8797 did you choose to ignore the joke or did it go over your head?

[@robertruark8797]

@@VampcatVvvvV I just drove to let it pass.

[@kurtsnyder4752]

At least our line uses three letters getting their sound with "e" being silent, the Brit uses 5 letters for a one letter sound.

[@RockinTheBassGuitar]

You'll love seeing the California redwoods. The big ones actually have micro-ecosystems on the tops of their large branches. It's an amazing thing to read about.

[@kirbyculp3449]

The sasquatch nests are magnificent!

[@joanr381]

Before I actually saw the redwood/sequoia trees in California I had seen pictures, documentaries, etc...but experiencing them in person is something you won't soon forget!

[@racafritz]

Joan R You feel like an ant when see them IRL

[@brettkelly4575]

I went to Yosemite at 7 haven't forgotten

[@danielfronc4304]

And they're dangerous as a result of their size. A hiker was on the trail sometime in the last 3 months when a giant redwood, damaged by a high windstorm about 2 days earlier, succumbed to it's being rent and fell smack dab on a hiker on the trail. What a coincidence of place and time. I suppose it took a few days to clear the giant tree and to get to the squashed hiker.

[@dianebenzler9133]

It does take your breathe away. There are two stands of tall trees. The Sequoias in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and the coastal redwoods up north. I also love the bristle cone pines, the oldest tree in the world, although they are small in size, they are long in endurance!

[@ScooterFXRS]

massive ... something I never forgot seeing them @13

[@kimmer6]

In 2013 a family came from Galway, Ireland, to stay with us for 3 weeks. We had made reservations for camping at Samuel P. Taylor State Park North of San Francisco 6 months before knowing about their visit. We went ahead with our camping trip the day after their arrival and bought them a tent and sleeping bags. They were astounded to sleep under a ring of 250 foot tall redwood trees. The girls played their tin whistles and their brother tended the camp fire. What a delightful trip it was.

[@jdlstoryteller]

I've been to Big Trees Calavaras, and it's absolutely enchanting. Being in a redwood forest is one of the things that will instantly change a person forever.

[@frankdomingo191]

If you have never been to California, I would suggest a trip. Seeing the Giants in person can never be matched by photos or websites. I have had the pleasure of seeing both the Giant Sequoias and Coastal Redwoods and they are truly a sight to be hold.

[@creinicke1000]

Walking thru the trees it seemed folks walking around became quieter.. like it was a sacred place.

[@jeandiatasmith4512]

No picture can ever capture how giant those trees are. It's breathtaking

[@SherriLyle80s]

On my bucket list. I've always wanted to see them. Probably will will until the kids are older to go.

[@bvbxiong5791]

absolutely. took my sister from out of town to sequoia national park to see the redwoods and on the way she kept asking, "are those the redwoods? they're pretty big." i told her, "when you see a redwood, you'll know it." yup, when she saw an honest to goodness redwood, she was speechless...like i said, you'll know a redwood when you see it.

[@Cadwaladr]

I definitely want to go. I've seen some big trees, but not that big. One of my favourite trees was a lenga tree (Nothofagus pumilio) on the Island of Navarino in Chile, and it was hollow, and had a narrow opening at the base, so you could go inside it. Only time I've been inside a tree. It's kinda spooky.

[@ianjones6910]

We actually have more forest cover in the US now than 100 years ago; there's a lot of abandoned farmland that has reverted to forest.

[@ringringbananarchy]

I do believe it is estimated that there are more trees in the united states now than there were during the colonial period. Partially through replanting, but also do to a century of forest fire suppression, and due to vast tracts of fruit tree orchards, particularly in the west, in areas that never had any trees, due to irrigation techniques.

[@sophierobinson2738]

Ian Jones Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana were covered with a forest at one time. It was referred to by some as the Limberlost.

[@mbd501]

That's particularly true in Northern New England (Vermont, NH, Maine). They were mostly turned into farmland during the 1700s and 1800s. Then around the mid-1800s, when the midwest and west opened up to settlement, a lot of the farmers moved west (better farming out there, and a lot more land available). So much of the forestland in New England came back. Today you have Maine with 89% forest, NH 84% and VT 78%.

[@EricFarmall]

@@sophierobinson2738 The Limberlost is a swamp in Northeast Indiana.

[@bullettube9863]

Ian Jones: This is most definitely not true. In 1920 the north west was just beginning to be logged, and logging had already been stopped in the New York Adirondacks. America today has less then 20% of it's original forest cover! Remember, the first time the Europeans chopped down a tree at Plymouth Rock, the number of trees in America began to decline. The return of old farm land to forest is definitely not happening, most farmers have been taking out their hedgerows and eliminating wood lots in order to make 100 acre fields. The few farms that are not being farmed are reverting to first growth trees, scrub varieties, instead of the oak and beech that the first farms replaced.

[@shamus2603]

As someone living in California I've seen all three of our record holders. Aside from their age, the bristlecone pines also live at the ridiculous altitude of between 9000ft and 11000ft

[@laurametheny1008]

Fabulous! I love trees. Wish I could go see all those you mentioned. Especially across the pond. Thank you sir!🙏💚🌴🌳🌲🍂🍁🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@johngingras]

Aww, when you said the "top five most popular," I thought you were going to say "top five most POPLAR," which is a type of tree.

[@SherriLyle80s]

Missed opportunity

[@kyleward3914]

I was specifically reading the comments to check whether someone had said this, and, since you did, I no longer need to make a comment. Thank you for the time you've saved me this morning.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

YES! And it has a splendid scientific name: Liriodendron tulipifera.

[@ScottaHemi440]

he could have used that around the quaking aspen area.

[@be6715]

@@ginnyjollykidd The Tulip Popular. Great name, great tree, with great big leaves!

[@georgiawillis5787]

I've been to the sequoia national park before, it's beautiful

[@Denaligirljodie]

Georgia Willis I used to work there. It was a blast. Beautiful place.

[@ram5ramen582]

Tim Dempster are you talking about the coulter pine cone or sugar pine cone

[@anniebalsbaugh735]

Me too, in 1984, always wanted to go back.

[@84Tacos]

You should visit the Tree that Owns Itself in Athens, Georgia.

[@___LC___]

It’s a cute quirk that the tree has been maintained despite ownership, history and loss of the original tree. I hope it keeps going through the generations of the original tree.

[@RaindropsBleeding]

I love this tree. I only learned of it recently so I haven't been yet but I am definitely going to visit one day

[@tolvaer]

that at the College? I'm from Toccoa, and I've never heard of that, thanks by the way!

[@sparkieT88]

@@tolvaer just off campus by some apartments

[@savannah115]

This must be a Georgia thing, because Savannah has a tree that officially owns it own realty.

[@ccchhhrrriiisss100]

I live in Northern California. I go hiking and camping quite a bit (as evidenced by some of the videos that I've uploaded onto KZbin). Yet, I never grow tired of the Giant Coastal Redwoods or Giant Sequoias. They are magnificent!

[@annabellerobertson1643]

I grew up in California not far from some of these trees. I love that he's so excited to come visit and see the trees. I love these videos.

[@bluedragonette]

Been to see the Redwoods, Sequoias and the giant Cypress in Monterey Calif. Live in Oregon now tons of Pine, Oak, Maple and Birch.

[@melissagannon5711]

You forgot doug fir

[@MikasaAckermann831]

Hell yeah Monterey

[@Electronic424]

Did you know the tallest tree ever seen was a doug fir at over 400 feet in Washington state? They cut it down for wood. I'm sure there's been taller Redwoods in ancient history but still.

[@bluelionsage99]

The redwoods are amazing to experience in person. The Mystery Trees roadside attraction on 101 in California is a great introduction although they don't have any record holding trees.

[@hamiltonmt]

I'm a California native and for 40+ years lived about an hour away from Sequoia National Park. Amazing trees! At one time my parents lived in Garberville off the Avenue of the Giants....awesome redwood lined drive! You MUST make a point to see these trees!

[@r0kus]

"I won't produce 10 million of anything." -- Lawrence, you might want to do some quick research into male physiology. 🙀

[@Serai3]

Yeah, I was just gonna say, "You probably did last night." LOL

[@robertromero8692]

Yes, and the 10 million of what he produces serves a similar function as acorns.

[@be6715]

@@robertromero8692 Actually, the acorns are more complete...

[@robertromero8692]

@@be6715 I'm aware of that, which is why I said "similar", not "identical".

[@DarrinsDaffs]

My thoughts exactly. And if a test proves that you in fact are not producing at least 10 million, get out of briefs and into boxers… Just saying.

[@ericbrown2332]

The Arizona desert at night is especially amazing. You can see every star in the sky except the ones blotted out by the giant cactus.

[@6oclocktvhour847]

I miss it every night. It's got the most beautiful sunsets too.

[@madmagyver9981]

Driving through Tonto National Park on a perfect day was breathtaking. The landscape was glowing, it looked like a sculpted alien landscape. For anyone who has never seen it, you would believe it was mars.

[@madmagyver9981]

@Bon Jovi that first trip is motivating me to take the family to Arizona to explore. I wanted to stop the car and run out into the wilderness.

[@pattiehernandez769]

can actually experience depth in the sky out in the desert, plus the spiral of the milky-way .

[@grace7701]

The southern Live Oak can grow massive and draped in Spanish moss they are amazing, many of these trees live 200 years. Nothing more charming then the Live Oaks. Check out the Angel Oak (it's a famous Live Oak here in SC) .

[@lornaackerman7022]

Meg B you beat me to it , I was going to suggest checking out the Angel Oak.

[@davidtuttle7556]

Also if you wsnt to bask in the majestic strength of the southern live oak, journey up to Boston Town and tour USS Constitution aka Old Ironsides. Its strutural beams are quercus virginiana harvested on St. Simons Island, Ga.

[@SherriLyle80s]

I live in Florida, and am highly allergic to them. Ugh it's so bad this year.

[@sandraackerman5643]

@@lornaackerman7022 Fulton Texas have an oak tree that's over hundreds of years old it's been through major hurricanes call Big Tree and it's very big

[@coolestdude11111]

Meg B Many live oaks can live to over a thousand years old. The angel oak you mentioned for example is over 2000 years old.

[@MagereHein]

Yes! When I was on holiday in Scotland in 2005 or so, I made a detour for a visit to the Fortingall Yew. I admit I was underwhelmed, it was a bit of a mess, but I it was well worth the time, effort and petrol. My travel companion was less impressed and thought that I was mad.

[@GH-oi2jf]

The Douglas Fir is named for David Douglas, a Scottish naturalist. A lot of things in Oregon are named for him. By the way, the tree is not a true fir.

[@julienielsen3746]

And it's Oregon's state tree.

[@KRB1651]

Isn't it part of the same family as the Spruce tree?

[@brianb8060]

He was played by Alvy Moore on the show "Death Valley Days" Interesting note on Alvy, (thanks to IMDB), He had smallpox as a child and polio as an adult.

[@garycard1456]

@@KRB1651 The same botanical family (Pinaceae: pine family of conifers), but different genus: Douglas fir is in the genus Pseudotsuga, while spruce is in the genus Picea. True firs are in the genus Abies. True firs are also in the pine family.

[@eaglegrip6879]

Not a fir?? Try telling that to ole Davie Douglas and see what happens. He still thinks the US is owned by Britain. ROTFL!

[@saraholmes4098]

I grew up camping in the Sequoia national Park every year and visiting those trees with my father. My mother now lives in northern California surrounded by redwood forest. It's amazing going and seeing any of those trees.

[@donniebrook9900]

Tree groups have names too. It’s something like: A tree. A couple of trees is a stand. A couple of stands is a grove. A few groves is a woods. A few woods is a forest. Roughly speaking.

[@marccolten9801]

What about "copse"?

[@caulkins69]

@@marccolten9801 How about "spinney"?

[@wullaballoo2642]

@@marccolten9801 A small group of trees or policemen

[@wullaballoo2642]

@@caulkins69 My head after a couple of bottles of wine

[@tracyz9155]

“Barking UP the wrong tree” refers to hunting dogs who are chasing raccoons. Sometimes, if the trees are close together, the dogs may not really know which of several trees is the raccoons’ hiding place. Thus they will be Barking UP the Wrong tree.

[@beverlysoto9476]

General Sherman, the largest tree in the world, in Sequoia National Park is definitely worth a visit. Puts things into perspective. Avenue of the Giants in Northern California is another gem showcasing the mighty coastal redwoods.

[@pyrovania]

Coast redwoods are wonderful. They grow in rings around an older redwood. So you can stand inside a tree ring of enormous size. Very peaceful.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

And when you think that blue whales are even "longer" (Vs its height), it puts how massive _they_ are into perspective!

[@crazybirdybird4312]

General Sherman is actually not the biggest, they found bigger ones, although they aren’t as easily accessible or located.

[@victorwaddell6530]

@@pyrovania The eldest tree in in center is an Ent .

[@SugaryPhoenixxx]

I got to visit Sequoia NP & it was an absolutely magical place. I felt so insignificant, looking that those trees towering taller than many skyscrapers. Older than a lot of recorded history. I urge anyone who reads this to make a visit there. The guided tour was worth the money, they taught us about the history of some of the oldest & largest trees in the park. You can drive a car through the middle of the trunk of a tree that had caught on fire many years ago, so the bottom has a space to drive through. Now that is a HUGE tree!

[@PeiPeisMom]

Oh you are going to LOVE the Avenue of the Redwoods when you finally get around to driving through it. It is a holy place, for sure. I've been there twice, and both times sobbed openly and unashamedly.

[@amywaldron4703]

I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at that photo of the quaking aspen! 😂😭 There are few mountain scenes more delightful than hiking through a grove of quaking aspen...slender white trunks with bright green leaves (sunshine yellow in autumn) that make the most charming sound when the wind blows. Google a photo if you’ve never experienced it yourself. Seriously.

[@karenl6908]

And they glitter in the sunlight! I like to call them the "Glittering Aspen". EDIT: I have to correct myself, although their leaves DO shine, the trees I'm thinking of are the cottonwood trees! *Facepalm*

[@UtahTabby]

yeah that was an awful picture and I was waiting for him to mention that one single quaking aspen is the largest living tree on earth, it covers an acre of forest through it roots sending up shoots.

[@karenl6908]

@@UtahTabby Aaah! That explains how there can be tons of these trees in certain places of the forest, and you're left wondering why the other trees don't grow there!

[@ChaseCharaba]

@@UtahTabby Wait, really? That's cool. I've always found them to be so beautiful up near Snowbasin and in Park City. I still love and miss my evergreen douglas fir that cover everything back in Washington, but the aspens in Utah are nice.

[@KuriusOranj]

Are quaking aspen and trembling aspen the same? My father claims that the trees he planted in his backyard (on purpose) are trembling aspen. The leaves flip upside down when a low front moves in, making them appear silver.

[@tracytrebilcox]

As a native Californian, I love the General Sherman (I live about an hour away, and enjoy visiting it around Christmas), and the rest of the grove in the Sequoia NP. I've also driven through the redwoods, and have seen the bristlecone. I had friends who came from Scotland to visit our forests, and they took more pictures of the tunnels through Yosemite than of the trees. After your video, I understand why they would ignore the trees.

[@bill.godwin-austen]

I've been to Sequoia/King's Canyon many times over the years and am always awestruck at the giant Sequoias. The "General Sherman" and "General Grant" trees are amazing. I've also driven through the coastal redwoods on CA Highway 1 on a "loop of California" road trip and overnighted in a log cabin nestled in the redwoods. I've also been to see the Bristlecone Pines and would love to get back up there again someday. The whole Eastern Sierra area is gorgeous, especially in the fall when the leaves start to turn.

[@chucklemeister1529]

I love the Tardis, dalek, and Better Homes & Garden cookbook in the bookcase behind you. My grandmother had one of those cookbooks, I remember it having yellow tabs. And it is interesting about the different types of trees and how they grow, probably due to oxygen content, soil, etc.

[@erictaylor5462]

We also have "live oaks" in North America. These oak trees are evergreens. They don't go dormant in winter like other oaks.

[@garycard1456]

These are similar to the evergreen Holm oak native to the Mediterranean

[@bobby_greene]

We also have tamarack trees, which loose their needles over winter.

[@garycard1456]

@@bobby_greene Larix laricina, also known as 'Hackmatack'. Larches (Larix sp.), Swamp Cypress (Taxodium distichum, which grow in the swamps in the south), Dawn Redwood (Metasequioa glyptostroboides, native to China) are examples of the relatively few deciduous conifers. Most conifers are evergreens.

[@SMartinTX]

The Southern Live Oak is a very broad tree when mature and produces millions of acorns during its lifetime.

[@nevermind-he8ni]

They don't have to go dormant because there is no real winter in Louisiana.

[@sj4iy]

Tennessee (and the appalachian mountains) have some of the prettiest undergrowth trees called Dogwood trees. They flower first in the spring, similar to cherry trees.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

Don't forget the Redbud trees! They're my favorite.

[@MrDDiRusso]

Why should you never trust trees? Because they're shady.

[@davehoward22]

Boom boom

[@CocoTaveras8975]

David DiRusso xD 😂😂! Good one 👍

[@josephkrizauskas1052]

They also don't behave. They are very knotty. ( LOL )

[@johnbowers6258]

DAD jokes???

[@riada4996]

That was almost a knee slapper...

[@coletterice]

Loved this episode, as I adore trees. As a Californian, I enjoy many of these. In the Sacramento Valley, I'd say our various oak trees are more prevalent than just about anything else, but I've also been to visit both the coastal redwoods and the sequoias and I adore them all. Thanks for giving them a moment in the spotlight!

[@dianebenzler9133]

The giant Sequoia was named after a Indian Chief who invented a written language for his tribe. The Cherokees!

[@ChineseChicken1]

Diane Benzler The Cherokees who were big slave owners before the Civil War.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Didn't know about the backstory, so thanks for that! But I am giving myself a rather brief and v British (I'm apologising for showing pride ;)) pat on the back because I'd guessed that the word was a Native American one, and not say, Spanish (I don't speak Spanish).

[@dianebenzler9133]

@@y_fam_goeglyd No biggie. I watched Death Valley Days, the TV show, and learned that. I once lived in Death Valley when I was in my late 20's, always had loved the show, and saw that on their. They have a lot of facts, and history too, for that fact. Don't worry, we all get a little prideful now, but don't we?

[@adannew7780]

While sequoia uses all the (main) vowels in the English language there are words who also use them in alphabetical order, like facetious 😏 Also don't complain about grey/white hair. Wait until you start getting snow white eyebrow hairs that are randomly placed so your eyebrows looks like you plucked them drunk 😔

[@Serai3]

MANY cultures have owned slaves. And slavery is not the same in all cultures. Cherokee slaves had rights, unlike the slaves kept by white people.

[@purpletygertube]

I live in California and have been lucky enough to have been to the Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks as well as the Coastal route through the redwoods. If you do come out to the Costal Redwoods, I recommend planning a few day trip driving up/down the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). There’s stunning coastal views to see on top of the amazing trees.

[@johnmcclain5972]

What is the biggest tree in the world? Pando (Latin for "I spread out"), also known as the trembling giant colony of an individual male quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) determined to be a single living organism by identical genetic markers. It is over 100 acres in size. One of the biggest living things on earth. The plant is located in the Fremont River Ranger District of the Fishlake National Forest at the western edge of the Colorado Plateau in south-central Utah. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)

[@smileypsyykotic3706]

So... what it lacks in height it makes up for in girth? I'll see myself out now.

[@samd7476]

In North Dakota, the state tree is the telephone pole, and the state flower is the traffic cone. You know spring is near when those start blooming.

[@toonezon4836]

What with being stuck inside for so long, I'd say this video was surprisingly Ent-ertaning

[@missrayelyn3045]

I was raised in Humboldt Co. in the Redwoods. Go visit in the spring when the forest floor is in bloom. It's magical.

[@___LC___]

I’m sitting looking at a stand of sugar maples right now. The benefits of sheltering in Northern Wisconsin.

[@karenschafer2827]

And I believe the most popular maple tree is the sugar maple which turns red in the fall not the Red Maple which is a slightly smaller tree and red all year roung.

[@robert3302]

Sugar maples are beautiful AND delicious. One can say that about very few trees.

[@goosebump801]

Christy T Hi from the Twin Cities 👋 Sugar maples are the best. Trees. Ever. Fantastic shade in summer, with branches and leaves perfect for conveying the rushing sound of a stiff breeze. Heart-stoppingly beautiful foliage in the fall, later creating piles to crunch underfoot (or pile up and jump into.) Sap serving as the raw material for maple syrup. Who could ask for more? (There were four of these beauties in my yard in north-central PA, where I grew up. I still see them in my dreams sometimes, decades later.)

[@loricooke3423]

Just don't park your car under them. Yuck.

[@___LC___]

Lori Cooke The forest surrounding the house is almost all Sugar Maples, parking under them is inevitable.

[@rebelpearl]

A funny note - here in IL there is a little town named Forrest. It can be seen in the distance as you drive Interstate 55 from Chicago to St. Louis.Also along the interstate are groves of trees, patches of the landscape that was cut into to build those roadways. But, amusingly enough, for a few minutes one grove of trees blocks the view of Forrest as you drive. So for a few minutes you literally ‘can’t see Forrest for the trees’.

[@anniebalsbaugh735]

Me and my 11 siblings had a favorite maple tree when I was young it was simply named "The Big Tree".. I don't know how it got that as we lived on a farm in Michigan full of trees, some of our favorite memories

[@petenielsen6683]

We had a row of Scots pines my parents planted along the back property line and a white pine about 25 feet from the house. We called the white pine the "grandpa pine" because it was there when they bought the house and thus a few years older.

[@anniebalsbaugh735]

@@petenielsen6683 awww. That's neat! Thanks for sharing!

[@10-eproductions25]

New Englander here, I love my little neck of the woods here in America especially during Fall season. The colours are amazing, especially with the pine trees strewn here and there.

[@austinsinger7055]

I've been to Sequoia national Park A couple times And every single time I seen the tallest tree in the world I loved it there and I'm going back soon

[@lionandlamb4754]

My family lives about 5 miles from the Giant Sequoias. I love going back and driving through the area. I prefer to be a passenger, as I have nearly run off the road while looking at the trees. Just when it seems that I have seen the biggest possible tree, around the bend in the road is an even bigger one. Makes you feel like a leprechaun.

[@CometTheMicroraptor]

I grew up in California and my parents took us to national parks all the time when we were younger. I moved to Colorado about 14 years ago and the first thing I noticed was that all the trees are so damn short! Hiking in the sun was terrible, where are my redwoods and sequoias to give me shade?

[@pamelalaurich9579]

Oh my word! I have lived around these trees all my life and i am definitely not a youngster lol. I never knew they are Loblolly pines!! I have 15 acres of Loblolly and several pin and white oaks! I love my trees!! I so enjoy you, your wife and cat!!!

[@RoseNZieg]

i have visited those forest with trees as old as 300 years. some of the sitting standing stumps are as big a 3-bedroom house.

[@Gringo7213]

Quaking aspen are gorgeous. They have a gorgeous white wood and turn a gorgeous yellow in the autumn. The leaves have different colors on each side, and when the wind blows they....quake for lack of a better word. It is a really distinctive movement.

[@dadoctah]

When I lived in southwestern New Mexico, I was made keenly aware of the two most common trees in the area because my grandfather would periodically chop a few of each down for firewood: the piñon pine and the juniper. Distinguished mainly by color (put the two woods side-by-side and the pine looks green, the juniper red). There were also oaks and cottonwood, but they didn't carry much importance in the day to day scheme of things. Aspen too, yes, but only in the higher elevations. (BTW, when you get around to comparing mountains between the two countries, I hope you point out that the summit of Ben Nevis is at a lower elevation than the *lowest* points in two US states.)

[@cgannis2251]

Oh you are so funny - your facial expressions, your dry humor, sometimes just a hint of “blue”humor and just funny in general! Really enjoy!

[@stargarden2577]

That's it, I declare it. Lawrence... Laurence?... Lost in the Pond guy has lost his mind... He's one of us now.

[@larrym.johnson9219]

Do you think he will become a Citizen of the United States of America?

[@jasanaha1]

I love quaking aspen! I planted 17 of them in my garden/yard a few years ago. When the wind blows through the leaves it sounds like raindrops.

[@yoshidadaimyo3507]

I was starring at a loblolly pine tree when you mentioned it. Here in Georgia you can barely walk without bumping into one and most of them are very tall.

[@rogerdickinson9335]

Same here in NC

[@phyllisroberts4190]

So loved this lecture Lawrence! I love to go to Big Basin in the Santa Cruz Mountains near our home in .san Jose. Visitors from out of town are in for the best treat when we take them there. Hope you make it one day soon! Everyone should go outside today and hug a tree for all the gifts they bestow on us!

[@MoNaBookworm]

I spend part of my year in California and part in Scotland so I feel so privileged 😂

[@duaneplant8756]

I'm a forester, you did well describing trees. Montana....

[@hotsistersue]

I'm a native Californian and I've seen all the giant trees in the north. If you ever visit the west coast of the United States, please give yourself a day to see the north coast of California. You won't regret it.

[@timothycook2917]

Prairie Creek Redwoods state park is very impressive. Especially if you can stand next to some Elk

[@beannathrach2417]

Technical note is the coast trees and Sierra Nevada are different species. Redwood (sequoia sempervirens) is generally used for the coast trees and sequoia (sequoia giganteum) for the Sierra Nevada trees. A third species (dawn redwood) is only native to parts of China.

[@shaunnmunn5823]

Adams County Indiana has one of the state's largest trees. My aunt owns it. During WWII it was used as a reference marker for aerial navigation training. Took 6 Girl Scouts holding hands to surround it. Sycamore. Gorgeous!

[@Drak600rr]

Out off all the stuff on my feed, found trees to be the most interesting

[@melusina8044]

I lived in NC surrounded by towns named things like 'Southen Pines', 'Pinehurst', 'Whispering Pines', etc... if you can tell there are alot of pine trees in the area 😳

[@TheReeldeel15615]

Trees? Havent seen them lately🤔 Noticed the "Alright, I'm Laurence" on this video 🙂

[@jodydiou]

I live in Maine and I just love the Tree's!! My favorite 🌲 ever is The Lone Cypress!!! I have been to see the Great sequoias, They were amazing.

[@dutchgram3799]

Interesting, I find your videos educational as well as entertaining. Thank you

[@carrieannmcleod5219]

When I was a kid in the early '60's, my grandparents from Kansas came out for a visit. We took them to Sequoia National Park to see the redwoods and I was so impressed with the redwood tree that we drove our station wagon through. It's been very long time since my visit so I'm not sure if it's still there but it was certainly unforgettable.

[@Kaotiqua]

Having lived in the Pacific NW most of my life, I feel you did us an enormous disservice. In Washington state, alder is incredibly plentiful, as are several kinds of maple, and oak. And while we rank at a sad 52.74% total forest coverage, we are possessed of the _densest_ forests in the country, at a whopping 3-400 woody tons per hectare, as compared to the highest generally forested state, Maine, which only clocks in at a density of 1-200 woody tons. Of _course_ we had to cut some of it down, or there'd have been no place for buildings! (I strongly encourage a visit to the Olympic National Rainforest, if you've never been. It's forest so lush and green that it's like being under water at times.)

[@cirrustate8674]

Oregon is much the same, of course.

[@Mistress0fMonsters]

Right? You can go more than a few feet without bumping into a tree here! That map of trees for the US was waaaaay off.

[@help8help]

Go to western Oregon pat the Cascades and large parts are covered in scrub brush like sage and bitter root. Forest isn't the only habitat in Oregon and it isn't constantly raining like the coast. Lots of flora and fauna live there. Forests are not the end all beat all habit.

[@LeeLee-pk4ss]

The oldest tree east of the Mississippi River is a Live Oak in Charleston SC called the Angel Oak. It is 400 to 500 years old, 65 ft tall, 28 ft in circumference, 17,000 square feet is shaded by it's tentacular crown.

[@ClockCutter]

What's kind of fun about these ancient Bristlecone trees is that they seem to grow in fairly inhospitable environments. Methuselah is in barren rocky mountains at 9800 ft. Others are in the deserts. For some reason, that always seemed odd to me. Then, it makes sense. Cause I don't know anything about trees.

[@garycard1456]

Conifers are well-adapted to climates that are seasonally harsh (i.e. very cold and snowy winters or hot and dry summers).

[@ClockCutter]

@@garycard1456 That doesn't explain anything. Why are the oldest trees growing in the harshest environments? The oldest bush, the creosote, also grows in the desert. It's fascinating.

[@521cjb]

Maybe because nothing else is tough enough to grow there and compete with it ?

[@troyclayton]

As a Mainer, I can report we do have a lot of trees. We lord it over the New Hampshirites. We keep trying to grow hazelnut, but they always succumb to Eastern Filbert Blight. People still plant the cool landscape cultivar, Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, and they always die from EFB if nothing else does them in. It's good for the industry, they don't educate, and people have no idea these awesome plants are doomed to death and keep planting them. Land of the Free! : )

[@jeffpotts6187]

Two more weeks in lockdown, and I expect to see a Lost in the Pond where he stares blankly at the camera, starts giggling uncontrollably, and develops a sudden and pronounced eye tic. Oh wait...that's me...

[@ccgardens8310]

Hi Lawrence! My family and I just discovered your videos during our stay at home orders. We loved your try at WA state city names and yes we've got lots of Douglas Firs. Head over here for a visit and we will show you around! Stay healthy!

[@wandlbaker]

Yes, I can remember in 1964 that we DROVE THROUGH one of the Sequoia trees. Too bad that option is no longer available due to environmental concerns. WASH YOUR HANDS

[@kimmer6]

Around 1964 my parents staged a photo shoot by the General Sherman tree in Sequoia for their Christmas cards featuring my brother and I holding 3 foot long plastic Eastwing hatchets that used to hang from strings in hardware stores. A Ranger came running up and went nuts until he saw that we were just posing. We hiked to Tharp's log where the old timer lived inside the fallen tree. What massive trees!

[@billbutler2452]

There is still one 'drive-thru' redwood in Sequoia Park, been there, did it, and take visitors for the drive and souvenir picture. Some of the best Redwood Groves are not available to the public, just the hardcore hikers, hunters, fishermen who continue on after the 4-wheeler runs out of passable road.

[@donhappel9928]

@@billbutler2452 There are a couple still around. At least one more up near Avenue of the Giants.

[@billbutler2452]

@@donhappel9928 I feel fortunate to live where I do. In the Orange and Olive groves maybe 1/2 way between Fresno & Bakersfield, right up against the Sierra Nevada foothills. My kids grew up camping in Sequoia Park and we have many great memories of many special places throughout Sequoia, Yosemite, and Kings Canyon parks. We've done Ave. of the Giants a few times and other great sites, but we have really had a great life raising our family here. Good luck in the North end.

[@angelar1500]

Yes, Chandalier Tree in Legget Ca right off hwy 101, can still be driven through, and at least one other on "Avenue of the Giants". Did it myself- remember to flip your sideview mirrors in! Just last week saw a bear running on a turnout on hwy 101 near Ben Bow! I love hwy 101, beautiful.

[@ILive2Rescue]

I use to live 30 minutes away from Sequoia National Park in California, and it’s one of the things I miss about Cali. I have a lot of pictures of the Sequoias and Redwoods, including some of me standing in front of “General Sherman” which is unbelievably MASSIVE!! You’ll definitely have to visit there someday. It’s a beautiful area, starting at the base in Three Rivers. I really enjoyed this video. It’s been a rough year so far, with the anniversary of my great-grandfather, son, daughter, Mother, husband, and even my heart dogs deaths that I’ve been dealing with alone. Without internet and my dogs and cats, I don’t think I’d be here right now. As always, thanks for putting a smile on my face. Now would be a good time to attempt to get some sleep while I’m still smiling. Cheers!

[@Serai3]

I have a lemon tree, a loquat tree, and a nectarine tree right outside my windows. :)

[@SherriLyle80s]

I have two avocados. :)

[@robinchesterfield42]

I have an invasive tree that has NO sense of social distancing--it's right up against my porch like "HIIIIII" every time I go to take out the trash. :P My PREVIOUS yard had several fruit trees, including an apricot one, two cherries, some kind of plum? and a crabapple. Heh.

[@pyrovania]

Loquat and four ginkos outside my building. Both are from China originally.

[@AlbertScoot]

I've got two lemon trees, a grapefruit tree, and orange tree and some unknown citrus fruit tree.

[@Serai3]

+provanie Yes. Peaches and plums are originally from China, as well.

[@RDavis-ts4ly]

Good Morning Lawrence , my family and I have visited the Redwood forest and its truly amazing. I'm sure you will be astounded when you see them. Sequoia national park with General Sherman is also something you should see. Have a nice day!

[@lever0811]

If my memory serves me correctly, the giant sequia had a sign posted near it that read, "this tree has enough lumber to frame 32,000 1500 sq ft homes.

[@lioninwinter9316]

In New England it is still possible to find enormous old pines scarred with a mark called Thr Kings Broad Arrow. Marked for cutting to provide masts for sailing vessels. They were never cut and still remain.

[@zardeh63]

Anyone that watched Monty Python's Flying Circus knows of The Larch, T h e L a r c h .

[@laurahubbard6906]

You beat me to it!

[@JeanieD]

I was hoping to hear about that one!

[@pawwalker3492]

No 12B - How To Recognize Trees From Very Far Away the Larch ... No 1 - the Larch. The Larch One of the first things I thought of for trees of Britain

[@heidifedor]

Lol, I just made a simile comment.

[@legionaireb]

I think we were all hoping he'd mention that one.

[@tiamotzz]

I live in Oregon. The Oregon southern border shares the lovely redwoods with California on the Redwood Hwy. Near the magical coast. The forests are primeval and magical.

[@juliannerohm1451]

For really old, really large trees in the US, investigate The Pando in Utah.

[@robinchesterfield42]

I've seen that in person! it's so freaky to think that that is technically all ONE THING.

[@TBIhope]

spirals 73 haha me too!

[@aarondeifel6357]

i was surprised he didnt talk about it!

[@janedc5ch319]

I have been to Sequoia and drove through one back in the 60s .don't think thay do that any more. Beautiful, Beautiful.

[@allanrichardson1468]

“Treat the trees with care, especially the elderly.” Don’t you mean “the ALDERly?” But you missed the trees of the Southeast. Possibly (one of?) the most FARMED trees in the states of the former Confederacy is the Southern Pine, which was important to the Royal Navy in colonial times, for the masts and hulls of warships and the resin (“tar”) for caulking, and is the reason for the nickname “Tarheel” for residents of North Carolina. Today, Southern pine is farmed primarily for paper, lower priced carpentry, and chemicals extracted from the resin (especially in recent years, with the price of petroleum so high). North Florida has many acres of land owned by paper and lumber companies, who grow them literally as a crop.

[@eaglegrip6879]

So...basically you're saying. when tree farmers go out and harvest trees from their land, they're in reality taking a healthy "crop." Got it. Thanks. ROTFL!!!! Toooo Funnnny! :0)

[@r.h.3084]

@@eaglegrip6879 Crop - the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered . . . So what exactly is the joke? Also, look into the benefits of younger trees and forestry. Learn something instead of being a twat.

[@daveogarf]

Or the Box Elder...ly

[@allanrichardson1468]

eormenraed hunferthing “You don’t plant a tree or a pine plantation for yourself. You plant for your grandchildren to harvest.” Since the pulp and lumber businesses are overwhelmingly corporate owned, you might say that Xcorp plants it for the future stockholders of Xcorp.

[@allanrichardson1468]

Heywood Jablome I think I’ve heard about elderberries, but didn’t know if they came from a tree or a bush or a vine. Of course, the name alder tree is more familiar to me. You may take the elm!

[@Cjinglaterra]

Here in Missouri most of the woods are predominately oak-hickory, with some extensive pine forests predominately in the southeastern part.

[@Sköldpadda-77]

Sudden oak death, emerald ash borer, chestnut blight, white pine blister rust, fire blight... the trees, sadly, have their own pandemics to deal with.

[@Sköldpadda-77]

Sandman Huffmaster indeed. But for pyrophytic plants, you can’t beat the genus Banksia, found in Australia. Granted they got a little too much fire down under.

[@SMartinTX]

Add Dutch Elm disease to the list.

[@brianb8060]

And theirs sound a lot worse.

[@lesleyhawes6895]

Also Ash die back in Britain.

[@brookerickettson4950]

And those are just some. 😭

[@rachelduke1580]

I've been to the Muir woods and while not the official redwoods national park an easy day trip while visiting San Francisco and the trees (and forest floor) are just beautiful!

[@LillibitOfHere]

I want you to talk about lakes next. Sincerely, a Michigander.

[@haroldwilkes6608]

On the off chance he does, Wisconsin has 11,981 lakes, 139 more than Minnesota, so there!

[@glassmeow]

The "swoopy" trees near the Art Institute (park just before, when coming down Michigan Ave) are very broad & some of my favorite trees anywhere.

[@captainrumball]

No.1, the larch. And now no.3, the larch

[@shawnn1412]

I was wondering if I was the only one who, in response to a Brit talking about trees, thought about "The Larch."

[@captainrumball]

@@shawnn1412 as soon as i read the title my mind went to that skit. And now for something completely different

[@kathleenhudson8429]

I have seen both giant sequoias and coast redwoods. Both impressive, and they make me feel very serene when I visit.

[@MarcMercier1971]

"The larch... the larrrrchhhh" - Monty Python Factoid: A tree's branches only extend out as far as it's root base.

[@sparkieT88]

was hoping someone would make this joke

[@Ethan-um7cp]

your factoid may be a regionally appropriate rule of thumb, but it is mostly myth.

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

We have a Chinese elm in the backyard and we live down the hill from a part of the San Bernardino forest that once was a logging camp. Chance that our 1913 house was build from local timber=very good. We summer camp with our Scout troop in that forest, it is full of pine and cedar trees. I love it.

[@proud_tobe_texan2890]

Hows your first few days as a full time KZbinr Lawrence?

[@spistokache]

I dig the "alright" at the beginning. I see what you did there.

[@davehoward22]

Britain used to be covered in Forest ,it all went on warships

[@Mitchthemysteryman]

I can't imagine britain being so far north (outside the tundra) and not having had trees at some point.

[@davehoward22]

@ and that,but most of the Oak went to the Royal Navy (it took two Thousand Trees to build a single 18th century warship, and Britain had the largest Navy in the world for centuries).. apparently England was completely covered in Forest one at point,and why there was so much coal in the country..

[@davehoward22]

@ 👍 probably would have needed to at 2000 Oak trees a ship! ( I knew it took quite a few trees ,but not that many)

[@neilbuckley1613]

Much replanting of forests here in Britain has been done with American species of trees. All are from Western America, as trees from this region find Britain a "home from home" in fact one species, the Sitka Spruce grows faster in -you've guessed- Scotland than anywhere in the USA or Canada. Some eastern American trees grow OK in Britain, especially in the South East, London area, but a quite a few species just do not like the climate.

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

@ Yes. In Colonial America, the British marked the best pines for the Royal Navy. Americans were penalized if they cut one down; those caught. Norway I think also provided trees for the British Navy (those sold, not Claimed).

[@d.jensen5153]

While you're visiting the redwoods, don't miss the bristlecone pines of Great Basin National Park in Nevada! It involved just a bit of hiking, but well worth it! Dendrochronology...it's an amazing thing!

[@selkiemaine]

Sadly, there was a older bristlecone pine. They discovered that it had been 5400 years old ... after they killed it.

[@angelcollina]

😭😭😭

[@katyciula3715]

I grew up near Yosemite in California. We used to take day trips there. The Sequoias are just amazing! There is a grove of them near the highway 41 entrance called Wawona. Outstanding!