Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2016 19:29:10 GMT -5
So I was discussing a particular type of tree in private last month. Like Pinyon trees, people are confused and think they only grow from extreme southern Wyoming and south. Wrong, they grow at certain elevations much further north than Wyoming.
Anyway, this wasn't about Pinyon, it was about Bur Oak. I was told that in Wyoming they are only in the Black Hills far east outside the search area! Bzzt, wrong again! Clue: Wiki's are NOT accurate and neither is a lot of the info out on the net, you need better research, for starters don't use Google, they filter results (especially politics, but that is another story). So Bur Oak only exists in Wyoming in one place, north east Wyoming Black Hills? Try again...
billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/state-s-largest-bur-oak-has-risen-along-with-the/article_db10d83a-0197-11df-be7a-001cc4c002e0.html
Seems to be not only a Bur Oak FAR away from the Black Hills (150 miles?), but also one of the largest and oldest in the state!
Could the chest be sitting pretty in a very old and very large Bur Oak stump, cold and in the wood? Maybe covered by a rock with a carving of a colophone on it? Probably covered by a few feet of snow right now, so only Forrest would know where to go? Maybe, who knows...
Point of this thread? Do not trust wiki's, they are a joke. Do not trust even the national forestry when they claim a species only grows in one area, dig deeper! Remember that Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and New Mexico were an ocean at one time, even tropical. Weather patterns change, soil changes, we end up with petrafied trees and fossils. Either way, things get transplanted, seeds move with the wind (and animals), stuff happens. Do not write anything off, finding a tree in a forest might not be akin to a needle in a haystack if the species is not in its usual habitat.
When it comes to the chase, associating Bur Oak is nothing new, I think Jenny did it in 2013 in her area in NM. I am associating them with a much colder climate and higher latitude.
PS: I think Pinyon also grows in Canada, just not as dense. Pinyon is not relevent though IMO.
Anyway, this wasn't about Pinyon, it was about Bur Oak. I was told that in Wyoming they are only in the Black Hills far east outside the search area! Bzzt, wrong again! Clue: Wiki's are NOT accurate and neither is a lot of the info out on the net, you need better research, for starters don't use Google, they filter results (especially politics, but that is another story). So Bur Oak only exists in Wyoming in one place, north east Wyoming Black Hills? Try again...
billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/state-s-largest-bur-oak-has-risen-along-with-the/article_db10d83a-0197-11df-be7a-001cc4c002e0.html
Seems to be not only a Bur Oak FAR away from the Black Hills (150 miles?), but also one of the largest and oldest in the state!
Could the chest be sitting pretty in a very old and very large Bur Oak stump, cold and in the wood? Maybe covered by a rock with a carving of a colophone on it? Probably covered by a few feet of snow right now, so only Forrest would know where to go? Maybe, who knows...
Point of this thread? Do not trust wiki's, they are a joke. Do not trust even the national forestry when they claim a species only grows in one area, dig deeper! Remember that Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and New Mexico were an ocean at one time, even tropical. Weather patterns change, soil changes, we end up with petrafied trees and fossils. Either way, things get transplanted, seeds move with the wind (and animals), stuff happens. Do not write anything off, finding a tree in a forest might not be akin to a needle in a haystack if the species is not in its usual habitat.
When it comes to the chase, associating Bur Oak is nothing new, I think Jenny did it in 2013 in her area in NM. I am associating them with a much colder climate and higher latitude.
PS: I think Pinyon also grows in Canada, just not as dense. Pinyon is not relevent though IMO.
