Bob Early sent me down Arbuckle Road to find this strange occurrence. How, one has to wonder, does a piece of tin roofing end up folded tightly over a branch fifteen feet off the ground?
It must have blown or somehow got onto the branch when it was smaller and as the tree grew it went right up with the tree. Similar to when you find a tree grown up with an old piece of machinery embedded into the trunk or around it. If the foreign object is light enough it rises right up with the tree as it grows. cool pic!
A nice idea, but that isn't how trees grow. Branches don't rise with the tree, since trees grow upward only from their tips. See http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/forsite/howdoes.htm
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Treehouse: unclear on the concept.
Obviously, 'twas the Will 'o the Wind
It must have blown or somehow got onto the branch when it was smaller and as the tree grew it went right up with the tree. Similar to when you find a tree grown up with an old piece of machinery embedded into the trunk or around it. If the foreign object is light enough it rises right up with the tree as it grows. cool pic!
A nice idea, but that isn't how trees grow. Branches don't rise with the tree, since trees grow upward only from their tips. See http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/forsite/howdoes.htm
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