How to Identify Fir Trees

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Can we have a round of applause for the auto-focus please? I have never seen stuff-up-close lookin so so crisp in a yt tutorial: Absolutely heroic.

[@DianeMEmerson]

Thanks for this! I am potting up volunteer seedlings, and this has helped me be sure between the Doug Fir and true firs.

[@EatThePlanet]

I'm glad it helped. What part of the country are you in. We don't really have that problem here. Douglas firs and true firs don't readily seed here.

[@karenbradley8053]

Thanks Joe!! I find myself here frequently as I am Pagan and spend a lot of Time with nature.

[@EatThePlanet]

That's awesome I actually talked with someone who identifies as druid today. druidism tends to be a popular pagan belief system for those from modern society to who want to reconnect with some type of animistic belief system. That and Asatro or whatever they are calling it now. Also I'm in the northeast so I find a huge variety of pagan religions here including those that follow vuduism and satanism and stuff like that. I have my criticism and admonitions of all these groups, especially those that have not brought themselves into the 21 century as far as ethics go. Do you identify as any specific type of pagan. I know I for one find it hard to identify as any specific type of pagan. I don't actually believe in anything supernatural. But I do find pagan symbolism superior to other spiritual systems. I also find that there is lots of power in bringing your mind to a different perspective. I think paganism does that well. Anyways I could talk a lot more about this topic.

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[@jameshutto3047]

As always, informative and useful. Thanks again.

[@pauli7197]

That was an excellent lesson! I had it round the wrong way. I thought firs were thin needles. Subscribing!

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[@imtee4315]

I would like your opinion on something as I'm no expert. So I live in Greece and it's really hot here. My dad has a 50 year old fir tree and it has become really big over the year but unfortunately due to the extreme hit it recently turned brown. all of it's tiny leaves. It's also covered in ivy, which I'm thinking could also be taking part in drying it along with the heat. Do you think there's a way of saving it? Or should we just accept the fact that these are it's last moments?? I'd love your opinion on this:)

[@christopherw.9841]

Thank you. Could you do more identification videography on evergreens?

[@EatThePlanet]

do you have any in mind. I think I covered the major categories. Let me know if you have any ideas.

[@Kyle-jv8qx]

This is a great video.

[@linettelow]

Very helpful, thank you for sharing :)

[@mikelavigne5085]

I use the bark. I find fir has bark like a poplar, clean and clear for the most part and free from needles except for the very top of the tree. Spruce has gummy bark with needles growing out of it. Good way to tell the trees apart from inside the car. Is this true for all subspecies or just the variants in this area?

[@EatThePlanet]

Mike I haven't researched every species, but I have researched as many as I could reasonably. It looks like all spruce and fir are non-toxic as well as Douglas fir. In regards to pines it looks like all soft pines such as eastern white and limber pine are non-toxic. There might be some somewhat toxic hard pines such as ponderosa. I use the website pfaf.org to check any recorded hazards. The only hazards they have for all pines I've looked at is that you could get dermititis. The concern about ponderosa and a few others I must have seen somewhere else.

[@mikelavigne5085]

@@EatThePlanet Thanks for the response! I should have been more clear. When I said I use the bark I meant as means of identification. I don't consume the bark. I have eaten new growth spruce tips though : )

[@EatThePlanet]

Lol, sorry about that. I'm so used to taking about edibility of plants. I have trouble identifying with the bark. I always look right at the needles and look at the attachment, if the needles are flat or not and how pointy the tips are.

[@billjim334]

Do you have any tulip trees in your area?

[@EatThePlanet]

yes. lots of tuliptrees

[@billjim334]

Oh ok . I’m in mass so I’m guessing there here too? Where do they like to grow? And ID features?

[@EatThePlanet]

@@billjim334 I just looked up the range and I'm really surprised to see that the northern edge of the range is near the CT, MA border. I'm in CT and I see them all over. I went to University of CT close to northern CT and they had them there. So I bet they are in southern MA. The best characteristic is the leaf shape. From a Distance I look at tree size and the ridged bark. Tuliptrees Grow fast and huge with a straight trunk. At Uconn they had one over 100' tall. I have seen them in a variety of environments: Forests, Wooded Edges, Fields, Suburbs.

[@billjim334]

Oh ok. Thanks! So for a tree noob like myself they’re probably difficult to ID in the winter?

[@EatThePlanet]

@@billjim334 here is a link to a photo of the base of the trunk, www.google.com/search?q=tulip+tree+in+winter&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS796US796&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=Wax5TnjX22WCUM%253A%252Cq8Xm784NM_Sx0M%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kTKqZuFg6Ax9WZ6G8cyQwPFYk2pLA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxuMej4fHgAhWwiOAKHdRoBTEQ9QEwAHoECAAQBA#imgrc=zCWZwbkCa8qGLM:&vet=1 also the branching is very course. they look similar to ash trees in the winter but get larger. here's another link to a video where I quickly show a tuliptree. go to location 4:33 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bICkmq2rmMeVi7M also notice in the video the shaggy dried inner bark of fallen branches, that is another id feature.

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