Too bad the US did not have this contest, but that would mean it would have to care for the environment. Maybe Canada and Mexico can get together to have NA Contest.
All the pics were beautiful.
All the pics were beautiful.
I'm partial to the eastern half of the continent. Very high diversity of amazing hardwoods. I've never been to Texas, but the pictures I've seen of Post Oaks look amazing. Tulip trees (Liriodendron tulipifera) are stunning, across the whole region. An oak beech maple forest turning red in the temperate autumn is awe inspiring.
Man I like trees.
This blog post has some good pics. https://www.penick.net/digging/?p=83517
Still, I find something exquisite in the eastern hardwoods, beech in particular. The turning of color and dropping all the leaves is really gorgeous.
Also Douglass fir is nearly as large & long lived as redwood, tho less impressive in person.
Is the US had its own contest they would probably call it the "world tree contest".