At first from a distance I thought it might be a very large monument in the Arlington East Hill Cemetery. As we walked through the grounds and got closer it looked somehow like a huge tree.
Looks like a very tall monument
Getting closer it looks more like a dead tree
Close up you can for sure see it is a huge dead tree. The outside surface is very smooth in parts, and it certainly looks like layers twisted tightly around the trunk of the tree. Never seen anything like this. One side has a rather swirled layered look as well.
Looks like twisted layers. Looks rather weird.
The open trunk lower down is very interesting.
Not a common look on a tree trunk
Another view, also uncommon in a tree
This is one of the strangest trees I have ever seen. It started out looking like a large monument in the cemetery. And the closer you got the more you saw the tree. And the details were even more not tree like it seems. Wish I knew what species of tree this is/was. It is located in the Arlington East Hill Cemetery near Arlington, Indiana.
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That’s amazing, it looks as though a tornado has spun the trunk then ripped the top off. 🤓
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It does look like it has been twisted by some force or normal for that type of tree, what ever that is!
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I had the same thought.
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Is it weathered ironwood?
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Don’t know ironwood, but will check into that. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Or maybe iron-cemented sandstone?
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Looks like layered stone, but no, it is wood. Just really odd looking wood! 😉
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This was neat! Thank you for sharing
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Thanks, glad you liked it.
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Reminds me of a eucalyptus.
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Not sure if one can grow in central Indiana or not… have to check in on that. This was definitely a mature tree that has been there for a while.
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I don’t think it’s eucalyptus. We have plenty of those in Australia. Grey gum, swamp mahogany, blue gum, red river gum, iron bark, even rainbow gums found in Queensland but none that look like this one. Maybe it’s wormwood but it’s been there for many years I would think.
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Thanks for joining in the conversation. I did check and eucalypus won’t grow in our region. I’m leaning towards ironwood now… 😉
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Forgot about how much farther north you are. Hope you find out what it is.
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I’m leaning towards ironwood a the front runner candidate for what the heck that tree is!!
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Very interesting. Great share.
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Glad you enjoyed it Carla. Thanks for stopping by.
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I can’t venture a guess. It is very fitting as a monumental tree trunk.
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😁 It is monumental, Tim. Thanks for sharing.
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Tornado and eucalyptus were my thoughts, too. The ironwood does seem a reasonable choice. There is a picture of a man cutting one down on this site: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ironwood+tree&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhk8jwh_X3AhV1oFwKHZR4AsoQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw#imgrc=QCMQZmfvUKNmCM
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Thanks, Derrick for sharing that URL The picture does resemble the tree in the cemetery. I’m beginning to lean towards ironwood.
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The details on the tree looking so amazing. It’s like a creativity.
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Thinking along the same lines, our son commented that the wavy patterns looked like art with a flavor of Van Gogh.
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Yes, it does seem like that.
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Interesting looking tree, wow!
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Thanks for that, it is very different!
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It might be a hickory. Those trees are so hard they don’t fall down when they die. Is it next to someone’s grave?
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The tree is not near any particular grave. Hickory, huh? I’ll look into that.
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Yeah, probably hickory. I remember an old dead hickory in PA. It was out in a field and got hit by lightning. It was twisty too. Then some vultures hauled a deer carcass up in it and people called it the tree of death. Very scary tree.
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Ha! Leave to the vultures. We had an old tobacco barn decades ago the vultures loved to nest in and bring in meals. Yep creepy.
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Very aesthetically pleasing tree. Perfect in the chosen setting.
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Thank you!
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