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Unknown tree

Description:

Strange spiral trees. A lot of types of pine trees mostly. I was concentrating on the unusual fungi, so I only got two series of trees.

Habitat:

Woodlands of Beltzville State Park, Pohopoco Creek, Sawmill Trail

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3 Comments

KristalWatrous
KristalWatrous 12 years ago

The vine could be a bittersweet, either American (Celastrus scandens) or Oriental (Celastrus orbiculatus). I've seen them make thick woody stems like the ones climbing your trees. The two species are hard to tell apart without the leaves. Here's a photo of a woody oriental bittersweet: http://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/coralville....

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 12 years ago

No leaves on the tree, but I thought to get a photo of the leaves on the ground!

definately a type of vine that has strangled the host tree. not sure without pictures of the leaves. Very cool though.

Carol Snow Milne
Spotted by
Carol Snow Milne

Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Nov 27, 2011
Submitted on Nov 28, 2011

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