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Pine Tree Witch's Broom

Pinus pinaster

Description:

A "live ball" with 1,5 meter in diameter.

Habitat:

Rural, middle of a village

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3 Comments

Lia Valido
Lia Valido 5 years ago

Hi Brian! Uau, had no idea this could be a thing that would affect certain trees.
Going to update so that everyone knows what this is.
Thanks!
Happy sittings :)

Brian38
Brian38 5 years ago

Hi Lia. What you have is a really cool spotting of what is known as "Witch's broom". Here is a Wikipedia link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch%27s_broom

Lia Valido
Lia Valido 5 years ago

Thanks in advance in any attempt in finding out what this could be :)

Lia Valido
Spotted by
Lia Valido

Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, Portugal

Spotted on Mar 31, 2019
Submitted on Mar 31, 2019

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