Habits: odd growth

“The forests are flags of nature. They appeal to all and awaken inspiring universal feeling. Enter the forest and the boundaries of nations are forgotten…”

Enos A. Mills - Naturalist, Artist

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Alder root, Plymoth, NC - Alder form a symbiotic relationship with bacteria growing in the roots, supplying extra nitrogen to the tree. Eastern Cottonwood, Ottawa River banks, Ontario - would like to ID if this is an insect gall or the fruit containing seeds; growth is consistent at the tips of branches, not random. Insects mutate cells, forming small growths dotting an Oak leaf. Hole in Oak, probably inhabited
A dead branch looking like a deer with antlers. Bald Cypress roots called Vines forming the symbol for infinity Trunk with zigzag growth habit in a forest near Jones Falls, Ontario
Likely the Toothache Tree - would like positive ID; growing in a forest by a canal next to Netleaf Hackberry, Coppell, TX Abandoned insect gall, early Spring in Coppell, TX Abandoned insect gall, new Oak leaves emerging - Spring 2007 in Coppell, TX Vine, and toward bottom right, some kind of fungi
Redwood, new growth appears from bumps, John Muir National Redwood Forest, California Eucalyptus growing in the middle of a neighborhood street in Ajijic, Mexico Chimney growth, Virginia Beach, Virginia Prominant knot on a Pecan tree - Dallas, Texas
Roof sprouts, Rocky Mount, NC, USA Ajijic neighborhood sidewalk, Mexico Oak burls, Lewisville, Texas Windswept Hawthorn, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
       

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