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Acer macrophyllum
Bulbous trunk growth on a maple with large leaves.
In the rain shadow of the island.
This big leaf maple had the largest burl surrounding its trunk that I've ever seen in that species.
Lat: 48.46, Long: -123.30
Spotted on Aug 18, 2012
Submitted on Aug 26, 2012
5 Comments
Funny looking tree :)
I should add that much smaller burls are fairly common within a mile of this tree, also on bigleaf maple; apparently they're caused by (??) insects or mold.
I have no idea why this tree would have such a burl; none of the others in the neighborhood do. It really reminded me of the "Whomping Willow" in the Harry Potter books!
do you know the reason for this?
Very nice !