In some cases, a tree's trunk may have a spiral pattern on it because of how vines grew up it in the past. In others, the spirals may be related to the tree growing in an area with strong winds or ...

An ‘extraordinary’ pattern stretching across the entirety of a large suburban gum tree has puzzled thousands of Aussies. The lemon-scented plant’s “almost muscular frame” stopped local ...

A Wiry Trunk The trunk of a pine or oak tree grows in a radial pattern; the annual rings effectively make a series of hollow cylinders inside each other, says Metcalfe.

Q: I recently noticed a black, tar-like patch on my tree trunk, though it’s not tacky like actual tar. Are these insect eggs? Dried sap? Do I try to scrape it off? The tree has lichen but I don ...

What your friend was most likely referring to was painting the tree with a 1:1 mixture of water and water-based indoor latex paint. This is what I use to paint the tree trunk and branches.

Another has a wave pattern resulting from a Y (a crotch, Snyder called it) where two branches met and the tree’s growth pattern changed. One has light streaks of green because of mineral deposits.

The massive trunk and crown of the Sycamore Gap tree will be moved from the spot where it fell along Hadrian's Wall in England's north east. Police have made two arrests in the felling of the ...

One year after the famous Sycamore Gap tree was cut down a 7ft (2m) section of the trunk has returned home. The piece is now the star-attraction in a new exhibition at The Sill visitor centre near ...