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Twin Cedar Tree Frame

Posted by Ben Richards,
North Country explorer from North Creek, New York
February 4, 2015

On the bank of the of the Grass River I found these two cedar trees making an excellent frame. The Cedar is an incredibly resilient tree, they can grow anywhere including out of the sides of cliff faces like blue ledges on the Hudson River Gorge. One of my many non-deciduous conifers the cedar keeps its leaves in the winter in the form of needles despite the potential for sustained water loss through stomata on the needles.