Collected One-Seed Coffin Tree

[markyscott]

New project - 8 years since collection. This is a One-Seed Juniper (Juniperus monosperma). It’s still in its collection crate. It’s healthy and vigorous and ready for work







Awesome old tree.

 

[markyscott]

The live vein twists around the deadwood - something that I think gives the tree a lot of interest - at least for me.

 

[markyscott]

One big challenge remains to be seen. I haven’t got under the soil yet, but I’m guessing from the way the box is built that is has a couple of really long roots. These will need to be reduced carefully. Hopefully in the eight years since collection, they’ve put out strong roots close to the trunk that I can cut back to. This will be a bit of a delicate operation on an old tree.

Good news is that I’ll be able to keep the box to get buried in one day. Looks like it’s just about big enough.

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[Hartinez]

This makes me happy. One seed covers the landscape here in NM and I’ve got a few In cultivation. It’s such an untapped variety of Juniper. Can’t wait to see the magic you make happen with it!

Who collected this one? And from NM or another southwestern state? Just curious!

 

[markyscott]

Juniperus monosperma is native to Arizona, New Mexico, southern Colorado, western Oklahoma, and western Texas. In Mexico it grows in the extreme north of Chihuahua. I believe this tree was collected somewhere in New Mexico.



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[markyscott]

This makes me happy. One seed covers the landscape here in NM and I’ve got a few In cultivation. It’s such an untapped variety of Juniper. Can’t wait to see the magic you make happen with it!

Who collected this one? And from NM or another southwestern state? Just curious!

I believe it was from New Mexico. It’s been up in Dallas since collection. Not sure who the original collector was.

 

[markyscott]

This tree will put out some roots. Roots of the one seed juniper have been found 61m below the surface, making it the plant with the second deepest roots.

It is very rare or possibly even extinct in Mexico, with only a single herbarium collection from 1880 verified. More recent searches have failed to find the species there, so it may be entirely gone from its native range in the Chihuahua.

 

[Hartinez]

This tree will put out some roots. Roots of the one seed juniper have been found 61m below the surface, making it the plant with the second deepest roots.

It is very rare or possibly even extinct in Mexico, with only a single herbarium collection from 1880 verified. More recent searches have failed to find the species there, so it may be entirely gone from its native range in the Chihuahua.

It was found that even 3 yr old one seed would put out roots of up to 30 ft, especially when Conditions were dry. They slow their foliage growth considerably during drought put extensive root growth during that same time. It’s really what can them tricky to collect.

 

[markyscott]

It was found that even 3 yr old one seed would put out roots of up to 30 ft, especially when Conditions were dry. They slow their foliage growth considerably during drought put extensive root growth during that same time. It’s really what can them tricky to collect.

Fascinating adaptation. I feel lucky to have it and even luckier not to have had to dig it. Lol. They must have got this one with a backhoe.

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[Adair M]

One big challenge remains to be seen. I haven’t got under the soil yet, but I’m guessing from the way the box is built that is has a couple of really long roots. These will need to be reduced carefully. Hopefully in the eight years since collection, they’ve put out strong roots close to the trunk that I can cut back to. This will be a bit of a delicate operation on an old tree.

Good news is that I’ll be able to keep the box to get buried in one day. Looks like it’s just about big enough.

S

That must be a LLLOOONNG box!

 

[markyscott]

I believe it was from New Mexico. It’s been up in Dallas since collection. Not sure who the original collector was.

Original collector was Larry Leone in Dallas. It was collected about 8years ago and has been living in the coffin ever since. Turns out he brings with him a fair amount of heavy equipment on his collecting trips. He has quite a few trees in the 6-10’ tall range. Pretty impressive.

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[markyscott]

Seriously needs to get out of the coffin. Thing weighs 400lbs.



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[Rodrigo]

Original collector was Larry Leone in Dallas. It was collected about 8years ago and has been living in the coffin ever since. Turns out he brings with him a fair amount of heavy equipment on his collecting trips. He has quite a few trees in the 6-10’ tall range. Pretty impressive.

S

I knew I recognized that kind of box. Larry's place is a gold mine. The large junipers he has, which I'm assuming are some of the 6'-10' tall trees you're talking about, are very impressive.
Did you get your large replacement cedar elm clump from him too?

 

[markyscott]

I knew I recognized that kind of box. Larry's place is a gold mine. The large junipers he has, which I'm assuming are some of the 6'-10' tall trees you're talking about, are very impressive.
Did you get your large replacement cedar elm clump from him too?

yes I did. I bought two cedar elm clumps from him actually. I know he has to move, but he’s got a lot of selling to do to get that collection to a manageable size.

S

 

[Rodrigo]

yes I did. I bought two cedar elm clumps from him actually. I know he has to move, but he’s got a lot of selling to do to get that collection to a manageable size.

S

Nice, I thought so. Do you happen to have a thread on the second one or not yet?
You're right, he's got a looong way to go to be able to move and some of the trees he has seem like they'll take up a whole truck. I'm wondering how he's going to do it

 

[kale]

Driving through a small town in CO called Blanca, mountain side was littered with these things! I would love to go collect one but no idea who to talk to.

 

[markyscott]

Nice, I thought so. Do you happen to have a thread on the second one or not yet?
You're right, he's got a looong way to go to be able to move and some of the trees he has seem like they'll take up a whole truck. I'm wondering how he's going to do it

not yet. I will post one at some point.

 

[markyscott]

Repotting day. Need to get this tree into a smaller coffin. Expecting to find some big roots the box was built to accommodate.

 

[markyscott]

Removing soil in the left side exposed a pretty huge root.

I found a place where the root branched closed to the trunk and cut back to that point. That shortened the root by about a foot or so. It’s going to need to come back a lot further.

 

[markyscott]

Big root on the right side too. I reduced it to a junction also, but it’s still going to have to come back a lot further.