New Growth

The lodgepole pines are starting to grow! The new growth is brown to start with.







This one is growing a baby pine cone.








The aspens are leafing out.







Aspens grow multiple trees from a single, extensive root system. This is known as a clone. All the trees in one clone will turn the same color at the same time in the fall, resulting in a dramatic display. However, in the spring, the stems all leaf out at different times depending on their size. The smallest stems will leaf out last of all. Here is one that is just budding out.