#aspen parkland

[hikayaking]

As you wander through the boreal forest in an Aspen Parkland, one of the cool features you can find are pairs of trees not quite side by side, but close enough to seem to be two sides to an opening. (See them here?). They are remarkable similar and look somewhat like twin trees. I like to pretend that they are two sides of a portal to another world and make a point of walking through them ... just in case!

[ribzinc]

[battle-of-alberta]

silly idea i had forever ago i never visualized that Jo did have the oil family eyebrows but she made questionable decisions in the 80s and they have Not come back

[abirddogmoment]

A morning walk in the aspen parkland

[rabbitcruiser]

Fort Vermilion, AB (No. 4)

Fort Vermilion is located approximately 85 km (53 mi) southeast of High Level and 661 km (411 mi) northwest of Edmonton on the Highway 88 (Bicentennial Highway). The hamlet of La Crete is located approximately 47 km (29 mi) southwest of Fort Vermilion on Highway 697.

The hamlet is one of the northernmost communities in the Peace River Country. Peace Country, in the aspen parkland biome, is Canada's northernmost land suitable for agriculture. The landscape is dominated by aspen, poplars and spruce, occasionally interspersed with areas of grasslands. Wildlife is abundant in the area, and includes bears, moose, deer, beavers, foxes, coyotes and Canada geese and Sandhill cranes

The hamlet is situated on the southern banks of the Peace River, with an elevation ranging from 255 to 282 m (837 to 925 ft) and the Indian reserve of Fort Vermilion 173B is about a kilometre east. The North Vermilion Settlement lies on the opposite (northern) shore of the river, while Fort Vermilion (Wop May Memorial) Aerodrome is located directly beside the hamlet on the north east side.

Source: Wikipedia

[allbeendonebefore]

What's the most unnerving thing about southern Alberta to me

It's not that there's rattlesnakes or that there's cacti or canals or the occasional pr*life billboard or anything it's that

there's No

Trees

Like I know why there's no trees I'm just feeling very exposed right now and Im usually the one who considers the mountains too claustrophobic lol. I don't consider that I live in the boreal forest / aspen parkland zone of the province until 1. I leave it 2. It's on fire 3. Both

Anyway hi from Dino park! There's Sediments!

[wishingwalrus]

Unknown mushrooms growing in garden mulch. Aspen Parkland eco region in Alberta, Canada

[kagrenacs]

ty for what's going on in ur mind about loz. im not privy to full details but I know some incredibly sick processes are going on in there. you are wizard 👍cast grass knowledge on the zelda I belief you

Thank you <3 !! I'll make an exception for you because you seem polite:

Short grasses occur in areas of less precipitation, in the rain shadow of the Hebra mountains, Blue Grama and Buffalo Grass make up the majority of species found here.

Fescue grasslands occurs in areas of black soils. The thunder area magically produces a continuous stream of precipitation, and I put some at the Great Plateau, representing a biogeographic island. The Plateau is clearly from an earlier age, and remains untouched by flood and glaciation. Fescue, Parry oat, June and Wheat grasses.

Mixed Grass is a transition zone between little precipitation in the west and a large quantity of it to the East, allocating for more energy for taller grasses to grow. Tall grasses are to the east, in Necluda and would see Big Bluestem, switchgrass and others.

To the North is Aspen parkland, a transition zone between the Great Forest and Hyrule field. Aspens are common here, with Cottonwoods along the waterways.

[warsawmountain]

Journey

Standing atop the Calgary Tower, I can almost glimpse the Golden Boy perched on Legislative Building,

his gilded torso gleaming like the stolen gold that paved the railways, connected our concrete hearts.

Rivers flow through my veins, ancient arteries carrying the silt of history,

River current during the spring thaw, bursting its banks.

I trace the lines on yr palm, a map of the Wapiti Valley

the hoodoos of Drumheller rising

In the shadow of the Saddledome, we two-step to heartbeat

Buffalo Hunt pounding like pistons

Watch the prairie crocuses bloom in defiance of winter's grasp,

lay down in the grass by the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden, bronze faces.

Drive across the Prairie provinces, please—

stop at the Inglis Grain Elevators, once-mighty Prairie Giants standing sentinel.

I want to take you to The Forks,

walk across the Esplanade Riel, the bridge a scar across the flayed Red River,

wander the streets of St. Boniface, the cathedral bells, a rebellion song.

Stand on the corner of Selkirk and Main,

Climb the stairs of the Peace Bridge, a steel ribbon

watch the sun set fire to the Rockies, skyline a jagged jaw rising from the jut of yr collar bone.

I want to take you to Nose Hill, trace the outline of yr body in the prairie grass, wildflowers blooming in the hollows,

the whole wide sky watching as we make love, the land itself rising up to meet us, the force of our union.

Drive Icefields Parkway, past glacier-fed lakes turquoise

Plant Saskatoon berries in the back forty of our spines, wild chokecherries in the creases of our thighs,

build a home in the aspen parkland—

Canopy filtering the light, dappled across our faces.

We are two Red River carts hitched together, ruts of our passage marking the land—

I could traverse the Trans-Canada a thousand times and always find my way back to you, my true magnetic north,

We'll blanket fort in the Turtle Mountains, stitch our stories into the fabric of the land,

embroider a new constellation to guide the lost and weary travelers home.

Forget the railroad, forget the Stampede, forget the Hudson's Bay Company, forget the colonial measuring of love.

The next Red River Rebellion, unstoppable as Prairie wildfire

Let the wheat fields bear witness, the canola a sea of yellow sighs, the endless blue sky our cathedral ceiling.

[ringneckedpheasant]

1) the largest boreal-grassland transition zone in the world is the aspen parkland, which stretches from northern minnesota into north dakota and saskatchewan and manitoba and alberta. it is home to 72 species of mammals and 206 species of birds, and its conservation status is critical/endangered. due to colonization less than 10% of the original habitat remains. there are many tree species there but quaking aspens dominate it.

2) quaking aspens grow in clone colonies that share massive root systems. all trees in a clonal colony are considered one organism, making a single aspen colony the oldest and heaviest organism in the world—pando, in south-central utah, is around 6000 tons, covers 108 acres, and is likely more than 10,000 years old. what’s up with that.

foaming at the mouth I need to get a tattoo of quaking aspens but I’m too broke

[hikayaking]

It's surprising how comfortable you can make yourself while nestled in the forest, surrounded by snow, with a hot chocolate on a makeshift bench.

[delicatelysublimeforester]

  Trembling Aspen grove Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA

Trembling Aspen grove Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA

Native species, Trembling Aspen or Populus tremuloides, quaking aspen, trembling aspen, American aspen, Quakies, mountain or golden aspen, trembling poplar, white poplar,, Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area. Saskatoon, SK, CA

“No two forests are alike.  They are like art galleries: they all have pictures, but they don’t have the same pictures….So the first question is Why?”  We would expect each region to contain plants that are adapted to it – for if they were not, then they would soon be ousted by those that are.  But why does each region have its own characteristic suite of native species?” ~Tudge, Colin. Page 278

“There’s another kind of puzzle, too.  …The farther you travel from the equator, the more the variety falls off.” ~Tudge, Colin. Page 279

Saskatchewan has a native ecosystem called the Aspen parkland.  Why the Aspen?  Fire, especially grassland fires have been known by the first nations, and the pioneer homesteaders.  Grassland fires can be carried by the wind, and the range of the fire can spread out in front of the wind for hundreds of miles and miles.

Well, according to Colin Tudge, :The Aspen has long lateral roots, which, at intervals, send up suckers that grow into entire new trees.  …if it [fire] occurs in spring or summer it will kill the aspens along with everything else, because it burns the organic matter within the ground, including the aspen’s trailing roots.  But if fire strikes in winter when the ground is frozen, or in spring when it is still wet, the roots survive.  Then the suckers rapidly grow up to form new trees-rapidly because they already have a fast, established root system to draw on. “~Tudge, Colin. Page 309

  Bibliography.

Read more Tudge, Colin.  The Tree.  A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter.  Crown Publishers.  New York.  ISBN 13:978-1-4000-5036-9  ISBN 10:1-4000-5036-7  2006.

  Read more: Do Trees Talk to Each Other? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/#0tof3RLaXxD0CsYu.99  Richard Grant  Smithsonian Magazine March 2018

  For directions as to how to drive to “George Genereux” Urban Regional Park

For directions on how to drive to Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area

For more information:

Blairmore Sector Plan Report; planning for the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area,  George Genereux Urban Regional Park and West Swale and areas around them inside of Saskatoon city limits

P4G Saskatoon North Partnership for Growth The P4G consists of the Cities of Saskatoon, Warman, and Martensville, the Town of Osler and the Rural Municipality of Corman Park; planning for areas around the afforestation area and West Swale outside of Saskatoon city limits

Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada north of Cedar Villa Road, within city limits, in the furthest south west area of the city. 52° 06′ 106° 45′ Addresses: Part SE 23-36-6 – Afforestation Area – 241 Township Road 362-A Part SW 23-36-6 – SW Off-Leash Recreation Area (Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area ) – 355 Township Road 362-A S ½ 22-36-6 Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area (West of SW OLRA) – 467 Township Road 362-A NE 21-36-6 “George Genereux” Afforestation Area – 133 Range Road 3063 Wikimapia Map: type in Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area Google Maps South West Off Leash area location pin at parking lot Web page: https://stbarbebaker.wordpress.com Where is the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area? with map Where is the George Genereux Urban Regional Park (Afforestation Area)? with map

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  “St. Barbe’s unique capacity to pass on his enthusiasm to others. . . Many foresters all over the world found their vocations as a result of hearing ‘The Man of the Trees’ speak. I certainly did, but his impact has been much wider than that. Through his global lecture tours, St. Barbe has made millions of people aware of the importance of trees and forests to our planet.” Allan Grainger

“The science of forestry arose from the recognition of a universal need. It embodies the spirit of service to mankind in attempting to provide a means of supplying forever a necessity of life and, in addition, ministering to man’s aesthetic tastes and recreational interests. Besides, the spiritual side of human nature needs the refreshing inspiration which comes from trees and woodlands. If a nation saves its trees, the trees will save the nation. And nations as well as tribes may be brought together in this great movement, based on the ideal of beautifying the world by the cultivation of one of God’s loveliest creatures – the tree.” ~ Richard St. Barbe Baker.

“I believe in the Oneness of Mankind and all living things and the interdependence of each and all.” Richard St. Barbe Baker

“I believed that God has lent us the Earth. It belongs as much to those who come after us as to us, and it ill behooves us by anything we do or neglect, to deprive them of benefits which are in our power to bequeath.” Richard St. Barbe Baker

    Grasslands and the Aspen "No two forests are alike.  They are like art galleries: they all have pictures, but they don't have the same pictures....So the first question is Why?"  We would expect each region to contain plants that are adapted to it - for if they were not, then they would soon be ousted by those that are. 

[more-orless-bien]

[enchantedtigress]

Northern Saw-whet Owl by Gerry Via Flickr: Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) owlet perched outside an artificial nest box on a friends proper on the edge of the boreal woods in the area near Thorhild, Alberta, Canada. The rodent population must have been high in the area as the pair of owls produced seven young which fledged this week. It was a joy to see so many healthy young owls. 12 June, 2017. Slide # GWB_20170612_2920.CR2

[rabbitcruiser]

Edmonton, AB (No. 4)

Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River, at an elevation of 671 m (2,201 ft). It is North America's northernmost city with a population over one million. It is south of Alberta's geographic centre, which is near the Hamlet of Fort Assiniboine. The terrain in and around Edmonton is generally flat to gently rolling, with ravines and deep river valleys, such as the North Saskatchewan River valley. The Canadian Rockies are west of Edmonton and about 220 km (140 mi) to the southwest.

The North Saskatchewan River originates at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park and bisects the city. It sometimes floods Edmonton's river valley, most notably in the North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915. It empties via the Saskatchewan River, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River into Hudson Bay. It runs from the southwest to the northeast and is fed by numerous creeks throughout the city, including Mill Creek, Whitemud Creek and Blackmud Creek; these creeks have created ravines, some of which are used for urban parkland. Edmonton is within the Canadian Prairies Ecozone.

Aspen parkland surrounds the city and is a transitional area from the prairies to the south and boreal forest in the north. The aspen woods and forests in and around Edmonton have long since been reduced by farming and residential and commercial developments including oil and natural gas exploration.

Source: Wikipedia

[abirddogmoment]

Now that’s a “WTF” face if I ever saw one