Inosculation Tree
by Joseph Hollingsworth
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Inosculation Tree
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Joseph Hollingsworth
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Photograph - Digital
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I had never seen this before, so I looked it up. You never know what you may discover when walking in the forest.
Inosculation is a natural phenomenon in which trunks, branches or roots of two trees grow together. It is biologically very similar to grafting.
It is most common for branches of two trees of the same species to grow together, though inosculation may be noted across related species. The branches first grow separately in proximity to each other until they touch. At this point, the bark on the touching surfaces is gradually abraded away as the trees move in the wind. Once the cambium of two trees touches, they sometimes self-graft and grow together as they expand in diameter.
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August 10th, 2015
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