mountaintop trees, compact growth

clevetromba

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These are from Stony Man Mountain, Shenandoah National park, elevation 3765. These trees are exposed to high wind which produces very compact growth, short stature, twisty-turny branches. The tree in the fourth picture seems to have been broken off a few feet above the ground and ground a new top.
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