I'd reckon that Abies alba is more shade tolerant than A. vejarii; the latter grows in much more open, sparse woodland.
Checked it on street view and agree with Acer macrophyllum.
Permanent daylight? 24 hours per day, all year? Now there's an interesting idea! :-) How are they going to enforce it?
Whatever, a very attractive thistle - whoever named it "horridulum" needs their head examined :-)
Certainly looks more like C. pisifera; can you get some close-up macro photos, just to be certain? A foliage underside shot would help too.
Sorry, don't know the answer to that! I'd guess it is the particular strain of P. ramorum in Britain; and yes, if that strain were to reach Japan,...
Thanks! Yes, Larix occidentalis grows the largest in the wild, eventually, but it is very slow-growing compared to European and Japanese Larches;...
Also check out Prunus × subhirtella 'Autumnalis'.
Geranium × oxonianum is one of those (there are many others, though).
Check out Geranium × oxonianum - it's invasive around here, very prolific.
Populus trichocarpa
Fascinating! Seems to me, they've missed the obvious answer: the wolves were watching the people using the traps, to find out how to do it...
And indeed, larch is graft-compatible with douglas-fir, I've seen it done. But I'd think not with pine, they're distant in their relationship....
Here's to hoping! But the current government has been bought by people for whom nothing but money matters, so I am very pessimistic :-((
Interesting point: try chewing a bit of one of those bark wings. I've seen the suggestion that their intense astringency combined with dry powdery...
