Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:03:52 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <1d749149-8ab2-8479-6ab5-ff6b6a91a158@example.net> <1a157182-0b8e-1181-aaca-7bf01d15e5f9@example.net> <2ff93cc9-4153-2065-2845-27be39d60da2@example.net> <41f5b9f2-f089-75c7-d875-c3c0cb614ab1@example.net> <45201620-3526-fa6f-91ee-9f7b3b0a4dc3@example.net> <81ffb9d1-cbe9-9bc1-40fc-a916ac338774@example.net> <70191271-91e6-2422-28ad-47c01adf9ce3@example.net> <8c051fb7-f4bc-9baf-7c62-afd7880a0584@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2241178"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62160 On Tue, 10 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:02:45 +0100, D wrote: > >> Neither of those grow here. All the needletrees keep their needles all >> year long. The larch must be so... naked. > > There is a legend in the Forest Service about a brass hat who came from > the east. In the fall the larch turn a golden color before the needles > fall off, and in some places they make up a lot of the forest, intermixed > with the pines and fir. The greenhorn looked up in the ridge and asked > "what are all those dead trees?" > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larix_laricina > > We had the eastern larch where I grew up and called it tamarack. Usually > it's a scrubby little tree and is mixed in with other trees, some > deciduous, so it doesn't stand out. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_larch > > The Western larch is much larger and really stands out. Very interesting, thank you! =)