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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Today's vintage find -- a Hugh J. Hayes printing block from 1948 (image flipped horizontally for your benefit):

photograph of a printing block with an illustration of people driving a car and putting their cigarette out in the car ashtray with text reading:
USE YOUR ASHTRAY
and
KEEP OREGON GREEN

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Pacific Madrone "This tree is most interesting for its handsome appearance. It is often transplanted to gardens and parks."

illustration of a Pacific Madrone tree shedding bark and saying: "I'M TIRED OF THIS BARK"

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Subalpine Fir "Subalpine is the only one of the true firs having tiny pockets of clear resin well within the thick bark."

illustration of a tree and the Eiffel Tower with text reading:
COMES TO FRAGILE POINT LIKE EIFFEL TOWER

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Western Juniper "It touches endless miles of dry hills with a bit of color and life. The juniper polka-dots the landscape of eastern Oregon."

illustration of a rider on a horse looking out at tree-covered hills captioned MAKES THE PRAIRIE HILLS LOOK LIKE POLKA DOT

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Tanoak "The Oregon Forest Research Laboratory says the wood is fine for hardwood plywood, flooring, furniture, and other products."

illustration of a tree and branch with flowerpots balanced on it with rocks handing from strings beneath with text reading:
DENSIFLORUS: DENSELY FLOWERED
LITHOCARPUS: ROCK FRUIT
THE 'ACORN' IS VERY HARD

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Western Hemlock "Hemlock has a Cinderella story because as late as 1930 lumbermen did not want it."

illustration of three olympic champions with D. FIR in first place, P. PINE in second, and W. HEM in third with the caption THIRD IN OREGON TIMBER SUPPLY

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

One from the real world -- Lodgepole Pine "Extensive lodgepole stands are seen at middle and higher elevations throughout eastern Oregon, including the upper Cascades."

photograph of green lodgepole pine cones in a needle cluster

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Western Larch "No other western conifer is such a pale green; you can pick out larch as far away as colors can be told."

illustration of trees being paint-sprayed by a person wearing a scarf, pointy hat, and curled-toe shoes

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Oregon White Oak "A heartwood post near Eugene lasted for 100 years, showing how durable the heart is. As a fuel, white oak is unsurpassed ; it burns clean and makes a lasting fire."

an illustration of many people bending a log with the caption STRONG

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Knobcone Pine “You never saw such a cone-covered pine.”

illustration of branch with four pinecones and caption CONES ATTACHED LIKE BANANAS

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Shrubs “A plant that is usually a shrub may become a small tree under especially favorable conditions.”

an illustration depicting trees and shrubs with a broken knife blade between them captioned THE DIVISION BETWEEN TREES AND SHRUBS IS NOT SHARP

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

The Willows “To know that a tree is a willow is easy; to identify a particular willow species is very, very difficult.”

image of an illustration depicting a Toad, Rat, and Mole captioned "THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS" CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOK

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Oregon-myrtle “On the north side of the Oregon-California state line this tree is always called Oregon-myrtle. On the south side of the line no one would think of calling it anything but California-laurel. Actually the tree is not a myrtle... Nor is it a true laurel...”

image of an illustration depicting a plate, bowl, and candle holder with text which reads MYRTLEWOOD PRODUCTS ARE FAMOUS

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Wild Cherries “You find bitter cherry throughout Oregon, but more commonly west of the Cascades. In our rain forests it may grow to small log size.”

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Guest post! From Reg Manning's classic "What Kinda Cactus Izzat?" Mesquite

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 27/07/2023

Giant Sequoia "The great age and size of both species place them in a lofty world of their own, as the Greek gods dwelt on Mount Olympus apart from men."

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 21/07/2023

Red Alder "Its wonderful machinability makes it an ideal material for toys and hundreds of novelties."

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 18/07/2023

Sitka Spruce "The Sitka spruce is a favorite of campers in the wild. Tips of small limbs cut about 18 inches long, then piled evenly on the ground and covered with canvas, make the best bough beds."

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 16/07/2023

Oregon White Oak "When winter bares their craggy crowns, many are seen to be inhabited by mistletoe. ... A heartwood post near Eugene lasted for 100 years, showing how durable the heart is."

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 15/07/2023

Bonus content on maples, from Tom Watts' "Pacific Coast Tree Finder" (Nature Study Guild, 1973)

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Trees To Know @treestoknow.bsky.social · 15/07/2023

Bigleaf Maple "Bigleaf maple gets its name from the size of its leaves. They are usually 6 to 12 inches in diameter but can stretch to 15 inches on occasion. Of all the world’s numerous maples, this one has the largest leaf."

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