#tsugae

[pickleweed2]

Intricate cascading roots on a Western Hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla.

Olympic National Park| 11-30-2023

[vandaliatraveler]

From my hike on Little Laurel Run today, just before the late afternoon thunderstorm barrage got started. This is one of my favorite places to get connected with nature. But, damn, those rocks are slippery when wet.

[rabbitinthemeadow]

Those fragile, fleeting afternoons // Part 17

April 29th, 2022

[aisling-saoirse]

Hemlock Pond #1, Delaware Watergap, NJ - May 26th 2024

[pnwnativeplants]

Tsuga heterophylla

[choujinx]

DARAKU KAZOKURON (2022-2024) by tsurukame mayo

[spatheandspadix]

Official 2023 Yule Log: eastern hemlock with puffballs and hemlock varnish shelf/Ganoderma tsugae decomposing it, symbiotic red russulas and suillus growing nearby. Amoretto cake with quince paste and cinnamon chocolate ganache.

[tsuga-of-mars]

Pride in my other ride 🏳‍🌈💖🚙

GALLACRAFTS | THEME 22 | PRIDE @gallacrafts

The guys are proud to be each other's husbands and proud to let everyone know, in their own Gallavich south side way. Who do you think bought this bumper sticker?

[pinyonrice]

never talk to me or my squishy dragon god baby ever again

[vandaliatraveler]

Blake exploring the old waterworks at Tibbs Run Preserve near Morgantown.

[rabbitinthemeadow]

Those fragile, fleeting afternoons // Part 10

April 29th, 2022

[aisling-saoirse]

Hemlock, Yellow Birch and Cinnamon Fern - October 1st 2023

[kentuckycaverats]

Pleabs may I have for Delphine: 👪FAMILY, 🍧SHAVED ICE, 🍃FALLING LEAF, and 🌪️TORNADO! I have seen glimpses of them... I desire more!!

YEAS tysm!!! delphine my beloved delphine

👪 FAMILY - what is their family like? what is your ocs relationship to them? does your oc have any siblings?

del is adopted! her parents are azumi and hikaru tsuga and she's a complete and total mama's girl. they call her "brilliant girl" and "my darling" and "my joy," and they love her unconditionally and are so proud of her always, and she would raze entire cities for them. they havent seen each other in 7 years--not since del fled the states after diablerizing her sire--but they're coming to edinburgh soon and del wants to introduce them to her new found family: the coterie and her girlfriend, tara.

she does still blame herself for the death of her current namesake, delphine tsuga; azumi and hikaru's birth daughter and our del's childhood best friend, who was murdered by del's sire the same night she was embraced. delphine tsuga meant the world to our del. they were best friends, sisters, soulmates, and for a long time del was completely consumed by the fury and grief of losing her. she's learning to live around it, but not a night goes by that del doesn't feel the ache of missing her.

🍧 SHAVED ICE - do they still have any objects from their childhood? what significance does it have to them? what would their reaction be if they lost it?

she fled the states abruptly the night of her embrace/diablerie, and didn't go home first to gather any of her things for fear of endangering her parents by association. she doesnt have anything with her in edinburgh: pictures, clothes, stuffed animals, mementos, nothing. but her parents have left her childhood bedroom untouched, so if she ever goes back...

🍃 FALLING LEAF - do they enjoy being in nature? what is their favourite outdoor activity?

in life she loved to be out in the sun surrounded by plants. her dad likes to garden and growing up she loved to help him while he explained everything he knew. she misses that terribly. her haven is filled with fake plants for some semblance of greenery but it just isn't the same.

🌪️ TORNADO - what is the biggest change you've ever made to them? how have they changed from their original version?

the initial del concept was much more cunning and manipulative and politically-minded. there was an early version of her who, rather than posing as brujah, was blackmailing a primogen into passing her off as their ghoul. that version of del was much more focused on trying to topple the camarilla from the inside. as she developed she became too openly anti-authoritarian and prone to emotional impulsivity for that to make sense for her, and instead became someone who was clearly not into the political bullshit and only "loyal" to the camarilla for the sake of its stability and resources. absolutely no one was surprised when she ""defected"" to the anarchs

[choujinx]

DARAKU KAZOKURON (2022-?) by tsurukame mayo

[cedar-glade]

Im curious to any forestry people out there that do field pathology what are you currently using to fight HWA and HES. and when do you treat?

mixed mesophytic forests and especially Hemlock forests are critical for cold microclimates in specific woodland and even are critical for many cold water riffle communities that support unique darters and brook lamprey. Many crawdads require different dissolved 02 requirements and colder water holds more 02 on average. A few different moth species and wasps are obligates, a few different birds are obligates, and many saprotrophs are duff obligates. Many birds mentioned in this video have Hemlock preferences. In my area sawett owls used to be known to visit hemlock stands in the Allegheny plat of Ohio and are much less common in their historic range as hemlocks and white pine forests decrease. I really want a code of ethics produced for specific usage of insecticides since imidicloprid seems to be the standard for fighting these.

I’ve been using a nonbasal drench as of late and a different type of neonic because It targets two species better than imidicloprid and is a target specific(systemic injection) that minimizes environmental impact when compared to these basal drenches that have more external longterm effects.

The product I’ve been using is called Dinocide which is a dbh adjusted self contained injectible systemic version of dinotefuran. I prefer this specific product over imicide because Im also after Hemlock Elongate Scale and I don’t think imidicloprid is the best translaminar despite having a longer 2 year residual.

I also like the practice of hort oil /mineral oil/ neem to suffocate eggs and crawlers in fall and early spring.

Aricobius nigrinus is the biocontrol used in this video btw. I’ve heard mixed results? but im still looking for feedback on this.

[tsuga-of-mars]

GALLACRAFTS || THEME 18 || SHORT KING 

This month was a @gallacrafts based on a one-shot. No surprise, I picked a space themed fic.

I give you a Flirty Pilot Ian and Mechanic Mickey from @the-rat-wins / the_rat_wins space AU Flyboy and the Gearhead! I had read this for the first time in Dec and loved it so much. I had saved its as Gallavich meets Battlestar Galactica, which also inspired me to include my BSG model as Ian's ship.