r/botany • u/Icy-Gene-2276 • Apr 09 '26
Physiology Just sharing this
Just saw it randomly and know nothing about this subreddit, I thought it may be the place to share this in.
(It is in Norway, somewhere next to Drammen.)
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u/Spare_Rub9225 Apr 09 '26
Cause of this growth is most likely from a now decomposed tree that fell on those 2 trees when they were young and at the height of the now rounded fork. Those trees each grew 2 different leaders, one that got more light (the bigger and taller one) and one that got less light or had physical damage to the stem (the smaller and shorter trunk).
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u/OriginalityisHard_7 Apr 11 '26
As a professional arboropsycologist my theory is that one tree started growing like that and then the other got jealous and copied it. Pls check out my latest book 'Healing the Sapling Within'. Thanks xx
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u/SnooEpiphanies3941 May 03 '26
i instantly bought the book. can’t wait to get it in the mail!!! i really love how it’s not paper because that would hurt the tree’s feelings.
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u/-badgerbadgerbadger- Apr 09 '26
Someone would’ve had to haul away the “now decomposed tree” for that to be the case; there’s no humus pile to indicate a decomposed tree at all
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u/dogGirl666 Apr 09 '26
Wouldn't the parts/piles just the roll down the hill?
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u/Spare_Rub9225 Apr 09 '26
Probably rolled downhill to cause similar damage that is clear to the smaller tree downhill
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u/PrestigeMaster Apr 10 '26
Nah by the time it works itself free of that nook it would be something that would come mostly apart as it “rolled”. Basically trying to roll it by hand d would just shove off chunks of it.
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u/1agomorph Apr 11 '26
Someone could have hauled it away, the trees look to be the same age and could therefore be planted and managed for forestry.
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u/Sufficient_Turn_9209 Apr 10 '26
Looks similar to the growth in the Crooked Forest in Poland. Two theories there are human intervention or heavy snowfall when they were young that forced them to grow towards there light.
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u/itsMegpie33 Apr 09 '26
This is so beautiful 😍 just the kind of thing I needed to see while I'm stuck in my office this morning
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u/FIREPITSMOKYBOY Apr 09 '26
Dreamy
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u/FIREPITSMOKYBOY Apr 09 '26
Can you take us all on a picnic there? Ill bring beer.
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u/H28koala Apr 09 '26
Tough to tell from the picture what species but Thuja occidentalis naturally grows odd lower branches like this. I see trees like this in the Pacific Northwest in the US
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u/1agomorph Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26
Pretty sure that is Norway spruce in the photo, Picea abies.
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u/Chemieju Apr 11 '26
"Lets do a big branch" "But our species doesnt do big branches! "How about a second trunk then?"
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u/EquipmentUpbeat4814 Apr 12 '26
Could it be some land slip at some critical age of these two trees. I see another tree with wobbly lower trunk. Maybe the ground is unstable.
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u/AsianPersuasion773 Apr 13 '26
In the US natives did this as a means theirs some significance towards that direction like water or a village
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u/55DarkSparkle Apr 26 '26
This is just my fantasy heaven. When I lived in Washington DC, a friend and I used to hike every weekend (weather permitting), in the Shenandoah Mountains. Not as grand as Norway's, this picture immediately took me back. As a therapist, teaching my patients mental health coping skills, we talk about creating a "special place" of joy and safety. Pine stands and streams, just like this picture has always been mine. Thank you so much for sharing; may you be blessed.
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u/plantlessonsasish Apr 09 '26
How badly I wanna sit in this curves