Sue Cag – Page 3 – I Love Trees

Alder Creek Grove after the SQF Complex / Castle Fire – October 27, 2020 California

Post-fire sequoias in an eastern section of Alder Creek Grove.

Countless giant sequoias were killed by the SQF Complex / Castle Fire. Sequoia Crest burned down. A personal account of the loss.

Take a long walk by yourself underneath giant sequoias and you will forever be changed.

A walk into the mist, moss, and dizzyingly tall trees of the magnificent coast redwood forest.

Huge tulip trees and colorful wildflowers in a magical never-cut forest in western North Carolina.

A nice hike up to the Albright Grove to see the old trees and get away from the crowds at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Journey Into the Primeval: the sitka spruce virgin forest and Randy Stoltmann Grove of Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, Canada.

Mature trees, alligators, and herons in the rich landscape of a Wilmington, NC city park.

Walking through the longleaf pine forest at Blue Clay Bike Park.

Bluethenthal Wildflower Preserve is a tiny forest oasis in the middle of a busy campus, in the middle of a busy city.

Old-growth longleaf pine forest cut down by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW).

A picturesque garden of venus flytraps, sundew, and a wonderful variety of colorful pitcher plants.

Carolina Beach State Park is where you can see it all: forests, swamp, savannah, pocosin, beach, butterflies, birds, snakes, and deer.

Hiking the trails at Brunswick Nature Park. Whippoorwill, woodpeckers, dogwoods, longleaf pine. A poetic nature walk.

A Nature Walk in Holly Shelter Game Lands. Hiking, venus flytraps, longleaf pine, wildflowers, butterflies, turtles, bullfrogs, alligators.

The experience of walking in Ev-Henwood, a wild forest of hardwoods and ancient bald cypress in Brunswick County.

The Sonic Oak, a huge old live oak tree on Market Street cut down by NCDOT.

A nature walk in the Abbey Foy-Moore Nature Preserve at Poplar Grove.

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Giant sitka spruce, western red cedar, Douglas-fir, and big leaf maple set in a lush rainforest.

The Angel Oak, Boone Hall Avenue of Oaks, and Charles Pinckney National Historic Site.

Photos of the gorgeous big oaks in the tiny Hilton Park, tucked away in Wilmington’s industrial area.