Springboard Slot by bmac62

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Jul 25, 2016

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Description

Having fun trying to figure out the probable history of our old cedar stump. The local landowner believes that the land we camp on here, during the summer, was originally logged sometime between 1900-1910. Here is one of two springboard slots cut by sawyers more than 100 years ago to fell the mighty cedar tree that at one time stood here. Old growth cedar trees of this diameter in Washington State grew to heights exceeding 200 feet...some to as much as 300 feet. By the way, all the green growth bushing out at the top of the stump are huckleberry bushes that have grown up through the slowly decaying core of the old tree.

Comments (16)

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awjay

2:55AM | Mon, 25 July 2016

nice one

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blinkings

3:09AM | Mon, 25 July 2016

Fascinating my friend. A great bit of history. I hope you are both well. Andrew

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SunriseGirl

3:39AM | Mon, 25 July 2016

What an interesting and lovely shot.

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jendellas

6:43AM | Mon, 25 July 2016

Loving the history, it fascinates me what this old stump has seen & been through!!! xx

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Cyve

7:14AM | Mon, 25 July 2016

Absolutely fabulous... Marvelous capture once again !!!

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Faemike55

8:50AM | Mon, 25 July 2016

Great capture and wonderful story behind it

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X-PaX

11:21AM | Mon, 25 July 2016

Beautiful capture of this natural world Bill.

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kenmo

12:02PM | Mon, 25 July 2016

Very cool...if only this stump could speak, the tales it could tell...

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durleybeachbum

2:24PM | Mon, 25 July 2016

A relief to find out the name of those plants!

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npauling

2:55PM | Mon, 25 July 2016

Amazing how nature wants to reclaim her territory and let the huckleberry retake this ground. It really has an interesting past and must have been a massive tree. Well spotted to find these springboard slots. 😀

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wysiwig

6:56PM | Mon, 25 July 2016

In nature nothing is ever wasted. An outstanding image and some interesting information.

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kgb224

2:04PM | Tue, 26 July 2016

Wonderful capture my friend. God bless.

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RodS

7:52PM | Tue, 26 July 2016

New life springs from the old..... A wonderful details shot, Bill!

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goodoleboy

6:59PM | Wed, 27 July 2016

Good comprehensive narrative and quasi gothic capture of your favorite cedar, a venerable arboreal growth if there ever was one.

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Richardphotos

8:34PM | Fri, 29 July 2016

great capture and a living habitat for all kinds of critters and plant life. it is amazing how trees can recover from being cut down low on the trunk. there has been several in my neighborhood. when I cut down 3 trees I dug up all the roots or cut them

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