Trees, trees, trees

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Today on my #wednesdaywalk I was focussing on trees.
As you might know I'm organising a weekly photocontest and every week I choose a new subject.
The subject for this round is TREES. Check out my post if you like to join the contest.
You can win POB and Ecency tokens.
https://peakd.com/hive-150329/@friendlymoose/pobphotocontest-new-round-trees-s79xv4

And now back to my #wednesdaywalk.
Today I made a cold, but refreshing walk in a nearby park.
And as I already mentioned; paid a lot of attention to the trees.
Trees are very important for the biodiversity. Not only do they produce the oxygen we need, they also provide a lot of ecological benefits to other species.

Even dead trees are important for the ecosystem of a forest or park. Nowadays gardeners and foresters leave the fallen trees in the forest. As fallen trees decompose, they release nutrients back into the soil.
The decomposing trees are a source food for many insects which again are food for birds.
It's a nice circle of life.
And dead trees make place for young trees to grow allowing the sun to reach the forest floor.
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Here is an example of one of the small trees. This is a coniferous trees which are evergreen. I can't tell all the different species apart, so this could be a pine, spruce, fir, or cedar.
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A bit further on I spotted a tree which won't be standing there very long I guess. A large part of the bark is missing.
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I've seen multiple trees suffering from this. It might also be a disease, but judging by the holes I see I think it's caused by insects. Or maybe it's a combination of a disease and insects.
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The following tree was also special. It has a sort of infection which caused these strange things to grow out of its bark.

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It looks like all the trees are fallen over, sick or damaged, but that isn't the case. There are a lot of healthy trees in the park as well.

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I'm also intrigued by the different patters of the tree bark there are. The following one (I don't know which tree it is; maybe an oak?) has quite a rough bark.

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Here is another interesting bark I found. Again I don't know the species of this tree. Maybe one of you can tell me by this photo.

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And this is the last tree of my post. This one has quite a lot of knobs on its bark. Out of some of them are growing little twigs already. But there are quite a lot of them and normally branches grow higher up in the tree.

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I hope you liked my #wednesdaywalk too. At least I enjoyed walking and sharing it with you.

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How are you dear friend @friendlymoose good morning
I loved this nature walk, and it's good that you are interested in knowing the types of trees. On this occasion you have seen beautiful varieties, with different characteristics and presentation.
It is good to know the importance of trees and all their benefits for the environment
Beautiful shots, appreciate you sharing with us.
have a wonderful day

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Trees are really important as it has a lot of help in the earth in general.

They were cut down for the progress but somehow in some aspect we experienced the not so good nature calamities

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They mostly cut down the old trees and the ones that are already ill.
But even when they are fallen they are still of value to the forests.

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Happy #wednesdaywalk Nice details of trees. Good to stop and check out things you normally walk by without a thought. I'm horrible with tree identification. My only hope is comparing leaves so this time of year all the trees look the same to me 😊

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Yeah. Just walk slowly and pay attention to the small things.
I know how to determine a birch because they have this white paperish skin, but the rest is too difficult.

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I love all the photos and if I remember will try and join the contests I already have a bunch of post prepared for the next ten days or more, but if I find the time I will change one out for a tree posts as I have tones of tree photos

That damaged tree does look like insect damage to me

Thanks for joining the Wednesday Walk

Have a great day

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It was really nice to see these pictures. I have lot of trees, accordingly lot of dry leaves. Earlier we used to burn them but now we are collecting them for our veggies. It is definitely a good manure for immense result

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Ive seen trees with similar condition here in my place but never took photos of them, nor paid much attention. Those trees look good, and I hope they will all survuve till srping

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I love them trees, super duper grateful to them too. Looking at the barks just gives me shivers specially the One's that looks like scales on them and the one's that has boils on them growing on the trunks.

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