Faux Beech Tree
by Anatole Beams
Title
Faux Beech Tree
Artist
Anatole Beams
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
One of the Faux beech trees of Verzy in Champagne France.
The forest in Verzy has a small area at the top of the hill where the trees are sometimes afflicted by dwarfism. The trees develop fantastically twisted trunks and umbrella like canopies. Most of the dwarf trees are Beeches of which this area holds the world's principle natural reserve.
The reason for the dwarfism is not known. Theories point to a genetic mutation, but this doesn't explain the occasional oak or chestnut showing the same features. Possible causes could be an environmental cause or a as a result of a pathogen, but nothing has been found despite extensive studies.
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November 19th, 2018
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