I found this cedar in the factory branch swamp back at the end of the summer. I thought some might enjoy it.
Chris
I found this cedar in the factory branch swamp back at the end of the summer. I thought some might enjoy it.
Chris
I saw that too Hewey, it's about 2 miles from my house. It tried to grab me when I walked by.
PS: I don't think I've seen that one. I'll look for the photo of the one I was telliing you about.
"He got well in away from everybody didn't he? He got well in away from everybody"
(Fred Brown speaking of a house near Munion Field in McPhee's "The Pine Barrens")
The Devils Tree!
Living in your backyard
Tom
Now the ghosts hunters will swear it has something to do with the Jersey Devil.
Great find Chris.
Guy
Curse it all!!
I read the title and thought Hewey had found something green and new in the Pine Barrens to partake in. Oh well.
Cool tree anyway, in a Timothy Leary kinda way.
g.
There are birds, and sticks, and trees.
Jason
This one is about 3.5 miles from your house.it's about 2 miles from my house.
Chris
Oh, thats right, across Lacey Road.Originally Posted by Hewey
Do my eyes deceive me, or is the top absent....did the tree put all the energy in the limbs, some of which are flattened?
"He got well in away from everybody didn't he? He got well in away from everybody"
(Fred Brown speaking of a house near Munion Field in McPhee's "The Pine Barrens")
There is a top but you can't see it in the picture. I wounder what caused such crazy branch structure? All the other cedar around it are straight as an arrow but they also look much younger.
Chris
Looks like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have a replacement! Reminds me of Tolkiens malevolent trees in the Old Forest.
Jerseyman
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forwarded the link to this page to a few peeps..
here is a response from Stephanie Adams of the NJ Audobon Society;
"Normally growth like this, especially in pines ("wolf pines"), is the result of logging or insect damage. Most likely the apical meristem was damaged and energy was put into lateral branch growth. Never seen a cedar do it to that extreme though."
Very cool looking cedar tree, btw
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Wolf pines??? Now we got them mating with Trees?? "Yotes weren't bad enough??
that is one crazy cedar, Chris. a nice find.
I would like to see the monster on the Mt. Misery branch some day.
Chris
Sure, I will show you. Let me know when you are available.
What a neat looking old cedar, thanks for posting it.
-Michael
[I]In the Pines of Atlantic County, NJ[/I]
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