I've read that you can tell how much stress a pine tree has been dealing with by the over abundant amount of cones or lack of cones it produces. This one is producing a ton of pollen makers.
Great texture in the bark. Our pine forests in BC are stressed from the threat posed by the mountain pine beetle that has already destroyed millions of acres of forest. Scientists blame climate change. The winters are no longer cold enough for long enough to kill the beetle larvae.
@cdcook48 Thank you, Chris. We had the same last year, including too much rain, then a lack of rain. The pines around here are either producing way too many cones or hardly any at all. The pine beetle is nasty business.
@redreamer Thank you, Wendy. No, haven't seen it. Will have to add it to my list of things to watch. =) She's a favorite!
@linnypinny Thank you, Lin.
@ludwigsdiana Thank you, Diana.
@wakelys Thank you, Susan.
@sangwann Thank you, Dione. Actually, too many cones means stress and too little cones means stress.
@blueberry1222 Thanks, Krista.
@haskar Thank you so much, Haskar.