Limber Pines (Pinus flexilis):
http://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_flexilis.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limber_Pine
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- Limber Pines
Ponderosa Pines (Pinus ponderosa scopulorum):
http://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_ponderosa_scopulorum.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_ponderosa
Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta latifolia):
http://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_contorta_latifolia.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodgepole_Pine
Junipers:
– – Rocky Mountan (Juniperus scopulorum)
http://www.conifers.org/cu/Juniperus_scopulorum.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniperus_scopulorum
– – Common (Juniperus communis)
http://www.conifers.org/cu/Juniperus_communis.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniperus_communis
Spruce and Fir’s:
– – Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii)
http://www.conifers.org/pi/Picea_engelmannii.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picea_engelmannii
– – Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca)
http://www.conifers.org/pi/Pseudotsuga_menziesii_glauca.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudotsuga_menziesii
– – Subalpine Fir (Abies lasiocarpa)
http://www.conifers.org/pi/Abies_lasiocarpa.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abies_lasiocarpa
Native Deciduous:
— Rocky Mountain Maple (Acer Glabrum)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_glabrum
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- Rocky Mountain Maple
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- Rocky Mountain Maple
– – Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populus_tremuloides
Backcountry Bonsai 
I notice that many of the photo’s are of trees that are growing in rock fissures. Is this common and how are they to collect? I have quite a few in the sierra’s here but I don’t bother cause the root just seems to go and go…
Yes this is how we do the majority of our collecting. The roots are already confined in a tight space, sometimes we only have to cut a tap root or two to collect the tree. However the majority are wedged in too tight to safely remove, so we focus on searching for quality material first…then whether it will come out intact. Our main tool is a pry-bar for lifting rocks/slabs to free a root system.
I’ve noticed that some of the California collectors dig right out of the desert. I imagine it would be much harder to get an intact root pad this way…?
What substrate are you using when you get them home?
We pot everything into straight Pumice. We used to use other things, but pumice has proved to be the best option for us.
seeing these picture remind me when i use to live in laramie wyoming. look forward to seeing more wish the best to you out there
Thanks andre, I was just there for a buddys wedding. There are some awesome old, windblown limber’s down near Vedauwoo… I’d really like to get back down there and take some photos of them.
Stunning material. Here, in Slovenia we have some simmilar material (European black pine) growing on Carst rocks. Mostl of them we cannot dig out because the root sistem go direct in the rocks and if you try to dig it, you dont get any capilar roots.
Cheers