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2019

planted trees at a camp
Sanfensuo station 三分所
Danda road 丹大林道
福木果實
Wild tung tree flower
櫸樹段木
trees in the Sanguang River 三光溪
trees in the Sanguang River 三光溪
trees in the Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
trees in the Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪
Sanguang River 三光溪

a tree from higher elevations

Tong oil tree 三年桐 (sān nián tóng) Aleurites fordii Hemsl. seeds

2018

One of the few older trees, laden with ferns
ferns on trees indicate lots of ambient moisture
Tree ferns (Asplenium spp.)
fruiting coffee 咖啡結果
Papaya 木瓜 (mù guā "wood melon") Papaya Carica
Orchid tree 羊蹄甲 (yáng tí jiǎ) "sheep's hoof" Bauhinia variegata flower
old tree with epiphytes
And this jackfruit tree showed up in the onion pot
Baby jackfruit tree (one year?)
tree growing over a wall gone
Wolfgang investigates the ruins
network of roots

Two giants intertwined: Chamaecyparis formosensis being embraced by another large tree, species yet identified.
Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum. 紅檜 (hóngkuài) Formosan cypress べにひ Meniki
Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum. 紅檜 (hóngkuài) Formosan cypress, sometimes Taiwan cypress べにひ Meniki
Red paint indicates forestry claim of wood
Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum. 紅檜 (hóngkuài) Formosan cypress べにひ Meniki
natural shape of a cedar

cherry blossom gawkers
cherry blossom gawkers
cultivated orchids
cultivated orchids

2017

planted pines
approaching Mingchi 明池
old trees
tree fern 筆筒樹 (bǐtǒng shù) Cyathea lepifera



Large jackfruit trees 菠蘿蜜 (bōluómì)

2016

environment along the top
huge tree near the Kuaigu hut




Healthy sumac tree 鹽膚木屬
Flower of 欒樹 Koelreuteria sp. most likely "elegans"
欒樹 Koelreuteria sp. most likely "elegans"
girdled trees
big tree at Bailing 白岭巨木
recently extracted trees
large tree at trail to 加羅湖
forest ghosts
with a great stump




peeling beech?
woodpecker work on a dead crepe myrtle tree

2015

fruiting fig

flowering Formosan Acacia 台灣相思 (táiwān xiāngsī) Acacia confusa
flowering Tung tree 油桐 (yóu tóng) Vernicia fordii

2014

Butternet
Sentinel pine
Spruce
Guava tree bloom buds
Asian Glossy Starling 輝椋鳥 (huī liángniǎo) Aplonis panayensis

2013

Taiwan stranvaesia 玉山假沙梨 (yùshān jiǎ shālí) Photinia niitakayamensis

Taiwan white pine 台灣五針松 (táiwān wǔ zhēn sōng) Pinus morrisonicola

2010

beginning and ending
cluster of subcostate crape myrtles 九芎 Lagerstroemia subcostata Koehne
蛇木 (shé mù)
star fruit 楊桃 (yángtáo) Averrhoa carambola
sweet gum 楓香 (fēng xiāng) Liquidambar

2009

flowering Golden Shower Tree 阿勃勒 "a-bu-le" Cassia fistula

2008

wired trees

2007

trimmed avacado resprouts
Tongliang Banyan Canopy 通樑大榕

2006

Tammy and Wendy
Alida, Kitty, Tammy, Debbie

2005

Jack crossing on a tree
shen mu

2004

(sacred garlic) pear 加羅林魚木 Crateva religiosa Forst. f


lunch break 12:30

2003

a perched tree

2002

Jack and Shantih at Lala 拉拉山
Lala 拉拉山 old trees

2001

bird's-nest fern 台灣山蘇花 (táiwān shān sū huā) Asplenium nidus
walking back to FuShan

1998

14K south of FuShan on the Baling Trail

1992