Oddities

“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

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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 - Irving Canal, Irving,Texas Vines forming the symbol for infinity Trunk with zigzag growth habit in a forest near Jones Falls, Ontario
Need positive ID, could be Hackberry - in a forest by a canal in the same stand as Netleaf Hackberry trees. 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
Knot, Pecan tree Eucalyptus growing in the middle of a neighborhood street in Ajijic, Mexico Razorwire protection in Chapala, Mexico Prominant knot on a Pecan tree - Dallas, Texas
Magic! A leaf twirls in mid air at the end of a spider web - Andrew Brown Jr. Park, Coppell, TX Knarly forest, Coppell TX Roof growth, Plymouth, North Carolina Cedar tree - Mexico
Roof sprouts, Rocky Mount, NC, USA Ajijic neighborhood sidewalk, Mexico Insistant tree growth - Jones Falls, Ontario Everything’s Bigger In Texas - Flowering Yukka spike, downtown Dallas