Big trees that make you say, "It's like a giant bonsai"

[Juanmi]

I went to a park with my wife and my son and this tree instantly caught my eye

 

[pandacular]

black locust in Volunteer Park

 

[Jrmcmich]

Large root over rock. This was in Roatan

 

[BrightsideB]

Saw this on a hike today. Don’t usually see a tree growing around another like this.

 

[MSU JBoots]

My mother sent me a picture of this slanted pine while on vacation in Kentucky.

 

[Shibui]

Here's some images from central Australia. The trees out here are mostly shaped by dry conditions.


Eucalypts that survive out here regenerate from a lignotuber - a swollen underground bulbous stem. These eucs are generally known as 'Mallee'
The trunks die in drought and bushfire but regenerate from the lignotuber. Single trunk trees are generally younger. These clumps are growing from the lignotuber indicating the tree may be many hundreds of years old.

Callitris sp
Not a tree, or bonsai! but lots of kangaroos, along with feral goats.

River red gums are another Eucalyptus sp. They grow along waterways, even though the water may only flow occasionally.

 

[ShadyStump]

Here's some images from central Australia. The trees out here are mostly shaped by dry conditions.
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Eucalypts that survive out here regenerate from a lignotuber - a swollen underground bulbous stem. These eucs are generally known as 'Mallee'
View attachment 549390View attachment 549391The trunks die in drought and bushfire but regenerate from the lignotuber. Single trunk trees are generally younger. These clumps are growing from the lignotuber indicating the tree may be many hundreds of years old.

View attachment 549392Callitris sp
View attachment 549385Not a tree, or bonsai! but lots of kangaroos, along with feral goats.

River red gums are another Eucalyptus sp. They grow along waterways, even though the water may only flow occasionally.
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It does seem like I'd enjoy the Australian climates. I need to find a way to visit some day.

 

[leatherback]

I need to find a way to visit some day.

I recommend an airplane.

Rowing there is a bitch I hear.

 

[Shibui]

I recommend an airplane.

Rowing there is a bitch I hear.

Swimming takes even longer and then it's a bloody long walk out to where we are this week.

It does seem like I'd enjoy the Australian climates. I need to find a way to visit some day.

Just remember it's a very big country. You'll need more than a couple of days to see very much.

 

[ShadyStump]

Swimming takes even longer and then it's a bloody long walk out to where we are this week.

Just remember it's a very big country. You'll need more than a couple of days to see very much.

I imagine a couple of weeks to a month to really say you've seen much at all, not too unlike traveling the US. Just slightly shorter distances between major stops maybe.
It's a few years off at least, but it'd be a heck of a bucket list item.

 

[leatherback]

You'll need more than a couple of days to see very much.

4 week fast road trip.

Summary [pictures borrowed through googly]:

 

[RODERLO]

4 week fast road trip.
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Summary [pictures borrowed through googly]:

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To put that map into even more perspective:

 

[ShadyStump]

The way I hear it, the best way to see European on that London/Moscow trip is by train, stopping a few days at a time along the way. What's the best way to make the Sydney/Perth trip, or is it better to bounce around?

I know it's been popular the past decade or so for Europeans to experience the US by renting an RV and driving coast to coast before flying back. If you're on a budget, traveling by bus is always an adventure, though not necessarily child friendly

 

[leatherback]

London/Moscow trip

I would reconsider that trip at the moment.

the best way to make the Sydney/Perth trip

Rent a small converted van. This is somewhere along the Sydney-Perth line (Murray River if my memory serves me). Incidentally that is a trip we still would like to make, but we need to time it for an Australian late-summer to get nice weather.

 

[ShadyStump]

My daughter just found this.
Can't read Russian, so not 100% it isn't photoshopped, but looks cool enough to me.

 

[andrewiles]

My daughter just found this.
Can't read Russian, so not 100% it isn't photoshopped, but looks cool enough to me.
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Fun, but that's AI generated. Getting so hard to separate real from fake these days

 

[PonderingSage:]

Old western Juniper

 

[ShadyStump]

Fun, but that's AI generated. Getting so hard to separate real from fake these days

Ah, yup, I see the inaccuracies in the leaf pile texture and coloring now.
It was the shadowing on the trunk that had me going for a second, but now that doesn't look quite right either.

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

 

[cmu268]

Somebody made sure to remove all downward growing needles