Redwood Ryan
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Typically, it's best to know what you're digging before you dig. Just a good idea.
please tell me what this is!
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I have 3 kids my wife and I both work and farm .... so when I see something like that I don't say oh I'll to figure out what this night be and come back.... I am thinking there's a good chance I'll not come back to this spot for a year or two and most likely never remember it agen.
Gotta live in the moment bro.. I would never take a plant if I thought it would die. And if I don't want it later I just replant it.
Gotta live in the moment bro.. I would never take a plant if I thought it would die. And if I don't want it later I just replant it.
brewmeister83
Chumono
I second that, club moss is a more commonly accepted name for Lycopodium - it's also called "princess pine" around where I live. Better not dig anymore though, they actually have protected status in several states because they've been over-collected in the past.
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Cotyledon
Mame
That's cryptomeria. 
brewmeister83
Chumono
That's cryptomeria.
Growing along the edge of a hiking trail in Maine? How? Unless he found it along the sliver of southern coast that's warm enough to support it. Cryptomeria's only hardy to zone 6. And that's assuming someone planted a colony of trees that had matured to create seedlings. Club moss seems much more feasible.
Redwood Ryan
Masterpiece
Yes, but you should also know what to look for and what works for bonsai. Not only did you not know what this is, but it's also got nothing interesting in terms of bonsai use. You want to aim for a larger plant that you can ID and that has bonsai characteristics.
aml1014
Masterpiece
I second that it totally looks like cryptomeria.That's cryptomeria.
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Hey Brew, that actually sounds like a good reason to know what the plant is before digging it up....hmmmm.
Sorry guys I could pass it up... I'd never seen it before and I don't really buy plants iv only payed for 2 of my plants and together cost me under 5.. no extra $ to spend on something like that right now in my life.
I know none of you know me and it doesn't really matter but I hope you guys don't think less of me for it. Like I said I would never dig something up if I did not think I could keep it alive and would set it free if I no longer wanted it .
I know none of you know me and it doesn't really matter but I hope you guys don't think less of me for it. Like I said I would never dig something up if I did not think I could keep it alive and would set it free if I no longer wanted it .
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Sorry, I been at the coast for 6 days. I see needles, foemina
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
Original poster.
Don't think any less of you. Just don't let your enthusiasm get the best of you or worse get you in trouble. There are protected plants everywhere. That's why you need to know what something is. Don't need the tree police to come knocking.
It is acceptable to take a picture of a possible bonsai plant in the ground and ask here.
Sure someone will say foemina. Someone will say it's crap. But someone will eventually come up with a plausible answer. That's how we pass the time around here.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
I know I'll do my part!
M. Frary
Bonsai Godzilla
I always look forward to it.
Now... who gets to tell them it's crap?
Geo
Chumono
CWTurner
Omono
I'm guessing ground pine.
CW
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