Tree Trimmers (2007-10-24) This guy didn\\'t want me to take his picture. I did simply to remind people that planting trees near powerlines is dangerous. The power company has to send crews to cut the things back.
Fallen Tree (2008-01-08) This tree was blown over during a wind storm near our house.
Snowball Tree (2009-04-14) A snow storm hits while the apricot trees bloom creating a snowball tree ... such is Spring in Utah.
Olympus Stump (2016-03-25) An invasive bark beetle is devastating pine trees in Salt Lake. This stump in Millcreek Utah commemorates a tree that fell victim to the beetle last summer.
Weeping Tree (2017-04-08) This is a fun ornamental tree. It might be a "Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar." The gardener has it trained to with two limbs ... one reaching into the front yard, the other in the back. What would you guess? 50 feet in each direction?
Arborist (2017-10-30) This arborist climbed a dead, rotting tree and disassembled it branch by branch. He said that the task was quite unnerving.
Fallen Tree (2018-03-10) It was devastating. A big wind storm knocked over our shrub oak tree. It was leaning on the telephone wires; so we had to hire a tree service to remove the tree. A big snow fall dumped 17 inches of snow on the tree before the arborists removed it.
Fallen Oak Tree (2018-03-10) Our oak tree fell over during a huge storm.
Three Tree Stumps (2020-04-10) This is a collection of tree stumps I encountered on a walk. I took the image which my cell phone. I think it lacks the depth I get with the DSLR, of course it was a cloudy day.
Remains of a Cottonwood Tree (2020-04-23) This is the remains of a huge cottonwood tree that was in our neighbor\\'s yard. It cost $3700 to remove the tree. I counted 64 rings. The life span of a cottonwood tree is short. Often only 80 years.
Branch Down (2020-09-07) Old man willow lost a branch in a September Storm. The tree was planted in 1951 according to the owner of the house.
Falling Hard (2020-09-07) A branch of this will broke during a storm. The tree was planted in 1951 according to the home owner. He plans on calling an arborist to save the tree.
Backlit Trees (2020-09-11) A strong wind tumbled 4 of the trees at Churchill Junior High. They lost a dozen trees in previous years to the bark beetle. I snapped this backlit photo with my hand over the lens. The center tree is a cellphone tower.
Fallen Tree (2020-09-11) This pine tree was blown over in a windstorm in Sept 2020. The car is on Wasatch Boulevard. The truck is on I215.
Blocked Path (2020-09-11) This tree crashed down on the bike path at Churchill School
A Sad Ending for a Pine Tree (2020-09-11) This was a sad ending for a pine tree. This actually looks like nice lumber. I hope they do something with it.
Downed Williow (2020-09-11) I decided to upload another picture of this fallen willow as it shows the size of the trunk. The willow was planted in 1951.
Ornamental Cedar (2021-02-15) I took a photo of an ornamental cedar for my weekly step report.
Fallen Tree (2021-04-19) This is the remains of a fallen tree between Foothill and Sunnyside.
Split Tree (2021-08-26) Another tree at Churchill Middle School bit the pavement.
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Plants come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The largest size of plant is the tree.
There really is not a set definition that perfectly distinquished between plant, bush and tree. Our internal guide simply tells us that trees have a single main trunk and cause us to look up.
Trees do not belong to the same genus or family. Almost all of the primary families of plants have species that qualify as trees.