Pretty suspicious looking isn't it? I similar weird tree near where I grew up is called the 'rhinoceros tree'. For scale the white oak tree ~3' across at the base.
http://aneogarden.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/lawrence-woods/ It's speculated that this tree was one of 3 bent down to mark the end of survey line right before the settlement, but nobody's sure. On Jul 1, 2009, at 6:04 PM, Steve Galehouse wrote: > ENTS- > > Last weekend I visited my hometown of Cuyahoga Falls, and stopped by > this tree in a park in nearby Akron. It is a very large bur oak, > with a shape that suggests it was intentionally manipulated as such. > Tradition has it that it was formed by native Americans to serve as > a trail marker for the portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawrus > Rivers---a connecting link between the Great Lakes/St Lawrence River > and Ohio/Mississippi Rivers. > > The tree itself unfortunately is declining, and has had a large part > of its central trunk broken out. The central trunk above the two > side branches is around 4' in diameter, the current height is 76.5' > but was taller before the section broke. It is still a neat tree to > see, though. > > Steve > > > > <signal tree plaque.jpg><signal tree.jpg><signal tree2.jpg> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
