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Twisted Living and Dead
Stop 16 of the Woodland Trail:
Many Junipers grow together over time. If you look closely at this tree you will see that it is multiple trunks growing twisted together. The trunk in the middle is dead, while the trunks surrounding it are still alive.
Forest Service photo by Tania C. Parra. Original public domain image from Flickr
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