Photo-Location Contest #3

[mcds]

To steal Charley's opener: First reply with correct location wins. No awards. No prestige. Just the quiet pride of knowing your local hiking landmarks like the back of your hand.

[adamschneider]

That's a landmark?!

[mcds]

Do you know what species it is?

[adamschneider]

Looks sort of like a coast redwood... or some kind of yew.

[mcds]

yep. as far as I know it's unique up here in USFS lands, but if you know of more than one location, feel free to correct me.

[adamschneider]

So it is a coast redwood? I don't know of ANY locations, outside of city parks and such... so I don't win the quiet pride.

[BigBear]

If you think that's a landmark, you need to get out more. I know of a few locations where yew trees grow (which is what this appears to be from the needles, although the trunk of the tree would help). So, I'll take a stab at it: the picture is along the PCT north of Timothy Lake...or somewhere int he Coast Range...or....

[mcds]

Coast redwood, but you could assume that. The tread would make no sense otherwise. It is 15-20 feet tall, living in a statutory wilderness area in Oregon not far from Portland. My one photo of the underside is too blurry. The ID at the time was Sequoia sempervirens.