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Casey Clapp

Portland Arboriculture

Thoughts and Articles

Casey Clapp

Portland Arboriculture

Thoughts and Articles

Portland Arboriculture

Thoughts and Articles

Mostly trees and bikes

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I am still here, and I have so many tree things to tell you about.

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Ugh, remember summer? And fall?

Me too.

Here are some overly dramatic photos of leaves and some fruit of a "sort of" "cherry" "tree". Let me know if you can guess it from that hint.

#trees #gorgeousbeautfulphotograph

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Winter is here, which means I'm hard at work nailing down all the winter twigs around here.

You may think that winter is a hard time to identify trees, but there is still heaps of information you can get by the buds and twigs alone. They tell you ab

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The maritime pine, Pinus pinaster, has some spectacular bark.

Pines are one group of conifers that have an amazing array of bark patterns. Many of you may be familiar with the heavy hitters like ponderosa pine and slash pine, but that's just the tip

You got to give it to some trees, you know?

You'll often hear someone ponder, "Why would a tree ever grow there?" or "How did that tree even get there?" Well, the thing about trees (at least most of them) is that they don't deci

This is a knot.

How exactly did it get like that? Tough to say, but it's pretty damn cool.

Did you know that knots are actually branches that have been enveloped into the trunk of the tree? If you see bark around them (like this one), that means

Love some trees

All photos by Casey Clapp unless noted otherwise