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Oak tree with huge tree burl, it was longer ...
A burl results from a tree undergoing some ...
A grain deformity caused by stress. This one was 33 cm wide and a meter above ...
Overgrowths of wood on redwood trees often take on animalistic shapes
These knots of wood are prized for carving decorative pieces
A large burl on Red Gum (aka Smooth-barked ...
Bulbous trunk growth on a maple with large leaves.
This norwegian spruce has a rounded outgrowth on its trunk. It is called a ...
Another large bulge growing on a trunk. This time on a Norway pine.
Galls can be caused by fungi and insects.
signature plant in Roberto Burle Marx ...
Hanging from a very burled tree and fallen ...
Found growing on a large burl belonging to ...
Rough fibrous and often bleached bark persists up the multiple trunks of this ...
the trunk. Smaller burls were seen on the ...
This is my favorite Bromeliad! The last image shows the amazing height. "This ...
the chaparral areas where it grows, and after a fire burns its above ground ...
A metallic green and red beetle found on leaves, about 1 cm long. Family ...
chaparral areas where it grows, and after a fire burns its above ground parts, ...
just a soft and flowing plant, floating with the breeze. To me, these look ...
Fjordlands National Park, on the way to Milford Sound.