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Ben Hoare

2 years ago

Ben Hoare
2 years ago

This ancient goat willow is half-tree, half-octopus!

It may have been broken by a Cumbrian storm, but is still very much alive - and supporting lots of other life too. One of my favourite trees 💚

#ThickTrunkTuesday #nature #woodland #environment #Mosstodon #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

The multiple sprawling trunks of an old goat willow, covered in brilliant green moss, lie spreadeagled across a forest floor in late winter like the arms of a giant tree-octopus. The tree lives and has sent up many smaller vertical trunks from the fallen ones. Some pretty groups of snowdrops are in the foreground.

The multiple sprawling trunks of an old goat willow, covered in brilliant green moss, lie spreadeagled across a forest floor in late winter like the arms of a giant tree-octopus. The tree lives and has sent up many smaller vertical trunks from the fallen ones.

The multiple sprawling trunks of an old goat willow, covered in brilliant green moss, lie spreadeagled across a forest floor in late winter like the arms of a giant tree-octopus. The tree lives and has sent up many smaller vertical trunks from the fallen ones.

The multiple sprawling trunks of an old goat willow, covered in brilliant green moss, lie spreadeagled across a forest floor in late winter like the arms of a giant tree-octopus. The tree lives and has sent up many smaller vertical trunks from the fallen ones.

#nature #environment #Mosstodon #thicktrunktuesday #woodland #cumbria #lakedistrict

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