Talus slope

A talus slope with White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) trees clinging to the loose moss-covered rocks.

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Christine Young

Lion

Interesting - I had to look up talus slope! Posted 6 years ago
1. Gary B
  
  Lion
  
  There are a lot of these in northern Minnesota. Some are bare sun-scorched rocks but others have weird little
  forests on them. I got to scramble across two of them a few times this summer. Slow going and I covered a quarter-mile in three hours on one ( but I was stopping a lot to look at things). Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    It does look fairly treacherous for hiking. I can't say that I've seen anything similar to this, but it is super fascinating and looks like everything just got squished together and piled up on each other. Very unique. Posted 6 years ago

The White cedar

''Thuja occidentalis'', also known as white cedar, is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is native to eastern Canada and much of the north, central and upper Northeastern United States, but widely cultivated as an ornamental plant.

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Similar species: Pinales

Species identified by Gary B