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This small Virginia Pine in our woods decided to grow in an amusing curlicue instead of straight and tall. Maybe it wanted to be a french horn instead of a tree! I don't know what conditions would exist to cause it to deviate from the norm like it has but I always chuckle when I pass by it. I don't know if that shape will allow it to grow to a full size or if it will be able to support a heavier trunk in that contortion. It may though, nature has interesting ways of compensating for its misfits!

How strange! It's like it was trying to grow around an obstacle but there's nothing there. I wonder if there was some kind of bug infestation or possibly mold that weakened that one side.