Unusually Shaped Trees   John A. Keslick, Jr.   Dec 23, 2005 18:39 PST  Bob ... Also what happens when a tree falls and the branch or branches grow up. What do we call them? I call some a harp tree And some a "FOOT TREE" back in my swamp http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/unique_parts/tulip_popla.html Here is a "HARP TREE" http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/unique_parts/harptree.html Sincerely, John A. Keslick, Jr. http://mercury.ccil.org/~treeman/ Re: Unusually Shaped Trees   Edward Frank   Dec 25, 2005 17:06 PST  John, Excellent photos. Thanks for sharing them with us. I would like to have a section on the ENTS website for unually shaped trees. Dale talked about an interesting form for black willow - they typically don't form a single stem but deserve to be rcognized in some way. Lee Frelich talked about complexes of cedars formed from limbs sprouting along fallen trunks. Will Blozan sent is some photos of a serpentine tsuge- a hemlock with a trunk that snakes a long the ground before turning upright http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/south_carolina/ellicottrocks/ellicott_rock_wilderness_sc.htm Unfortunately that is the only example of unusual tree forms I have collected so far... Ed Frank RE: Weird, historic trees   Paul Jost   Dec 27, 2005 13:47 PST  Some time ago, I found the following link to a publication with photos of weird trees in Indiana: http://www.in.gov/dnr/forestry/pdfs/invasion2004.pdf Also, the Wisconsin DNR has made available an online pdf version of a book on historical trees in the state of Wisconsin at: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/forestry/Publications/everyrootananchor.html They provide some good winter reading... Paul Jost   Home