Life's Turns - Wise Old Palm Tree
by Matt Tilghman
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Life's Turns - Wise Old Palm Tree
Artist
Matt Tilghman
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Most palm trees grow straight up. That includes the Cabbage Palm, the type of palm tree featured in this photograph. So when you see one with a significant bend, that's usually because it fell or leaned during a storm. If the tree makes it through the trauma, it starts growing straight upwards again. It's crazy to think about what this particular palm, which I found in the Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area near Palmdale Florida, has been through. I can't even recreate in my mind how many storms were required to toss the tree in which directions. It's definitely seen some stuff! And these palms grow very slowly, so this could have been going on over centuries!
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January 4th, 2018
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