Douglas fir tree in Cathedral Grove, MacMillan Provincial Park


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By Shauna Doll February 23, 2023 The Pender Islands Big Tree Registry (PIBTR or "the registry"), established and managed by Raincoast Conservation Foundation, is one of many big tree projects underway in British Columbia's forests.


Western Red Cedar Trees and Douglas Fir Trees on the West Coast of

BC BigTree Registry Champion List A list of the highest scoring tree for each species in the Registry VIEW LIST Registry Lists A list of all conifers in the Registry VIEW LIST A list of all broadleaves in the Registry VIEW LIST Links to Interactive Maps These interactive maps were created by […]


Ancient Cedar Forest now a BC Provincial Park British Columbia Travel

A project dedicated to the identification, description, monitoring and conservation of the largest trees within British Columbia, educating and enlisting the help of the province's citizens in the task. Silvics of North America Describes the silvical characteristics of about 200 forest tree species.


Vancouver Island Big Trees Goldstream Provincial Park's 600 Year Old Trees

British Columbia's provincial tree is the western red cedar. This tree is found throughout the province, mostly is the Coast and Columbia Forest Regions. These trees are large and tall, growing up to heights of 45 to 60 meters! The western red cedar is also a favourite for use in building boats and canoes. Photo by: Evan Leeson Alberta


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British Columbia has more than 40 native tree species and is North America's largest producer of softwood forest products. Filter by: Reset. Softwood species. Discover all the fascinating facts about 12 softwood tree species growing abundantly throughout BC, from natural-occurring insecticides and resistance to decay to a broad spectrum of.


Douglas Fir Trees from Below in Cathedral Grove, MacMillan Provincial

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huge Douglasfir trees in Cathedral Grove, MacMillan Provincial Park

British Columbia's provincial flower isn't really a flower — it's a tree. The Pacific dogwood only grows in the southwest corner of B.C., making Victoria and Vancouver Island one of its.


huge Douglasfir trees in Cathedral Grove, MacMillan Provincial Park

Western red cedar — BC's provincial tree. This majestic provincial emblem is native to the Pacific coast from southeast Alaska to northern California. For thousands of years, coastal First Nations have been harvesting this tree using sustainable techniques and using almost every part of it: the trunk for longhouses, totem poles and canoes.


huge Douglasfir trees in Cathedral Grove, MacMillan Provincial Park

British Columbia entered Confederation on July 20, 1871. Some colonists viewed it with a sense of reluctance and loss. Senior officials lamented the demise of the colony's old political institutions, and the fact that the province would take orders from Ottawa. On the other hand, there were many who viewed Confederation as a new beginning.


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Western redcedar is a medium- to large-sized (rarely >60 m tall), evergreen, scale-leaved conifer, at maturity often with a forked (candelabra-like) top, a tapered fluted base, drooping branches, and thin, fibrous, brown bark.


Trees in Cathedral Grove at Macmillan Provincial Park

Forest Stewardship Silviculture Tree species selection Tree Species Compendium Index Compendium Index From BC Tree Atlas The Distribution and Synopsis of Ecological and Silvical Characteristics of Tree Species of British Columbia (2000) which was used as the basis for the tree species compendia.


Douglas fir tree in Cathedral Grove, MacMillan Provincial Park

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Giant Western Redcedar Trees in the Mystic MacMillan Provincial Park

For more than 60 years British Columbia provincial tree breeders have selected elite trees in BC's forests with desirable traits to incorporate into the provincial tree breeding program and ultimately into orchards. Desirable traits such as faster growth, straighter stems, better wood quality and insect and disease resistance are selected in.


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This is the provincial tree of BC. Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia. Illustration. If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not.


Lonely tree on a rock and the peaks of Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC

The number of trees in the registry has doubled in recent years, with many new giants of numerous species identified, measured and cataloged. "Since 2014, the registry has grown from about 250 to 600 trees," says Christine Chourmouzis, registrar with the Big Tree Registry. "In 2021 alone, almost 200 trees were nominated.


Giant Trees in Old Growth Forest, Nelson, British Columbia Photograph

Sayward. Tree Farm Lic. 39. 50.277199. -126.005075. BC BigTree Champion List The height (Ht.), diameter at breast height (DBH) and crown spread (Cr.) of the highest scoring tree for each species in the Registry. Tree Score (Sc.) is based on importance score. Year indicates date of measurement. All measurements are in meters.