Rock Eating Trees
Many trees seem to be enveloping boulders. Making soil, eventually.
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Newgate North - Rock Enveloped By Root This image shows how adaptable trees can be in the face of obstacles to growth. See also… 4/18/2002 |
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Newgate North - Basalt Split By A Tree Not only is the cyclic heaving of the ground with the freeze/thaw cycle a contributing factor to breaking up the traprock cliff, but so is the action of trees growing from the joints over the course of decades. Obviously, this also generates distortion and damage to the tree. See also… 4/18/2002 |
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Great Gulf Trail - Roots and Artist Conk This set of mushrooms and a tiny world within the roots is just below the Clam Rock Rest area toward the river. See also… 7/28/2002 |
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Great Gulf Trail - Stone Enveloped In Root Climbing down the bank to the river after a short bushwhack, the roots of the neighboring trees can be seen to have enveloped some of the stones from the riverbed. The lichen and moss helps to make the stone and the roots look very similar. See also… 7/28/2002 |
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Mount Hale - Birches Straddle Boulder This boulder on the upslope side of the lowest stream crossing is wrapped with a birch root that merges into the path at the right. See also… 7/26/2002 |
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