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Calocedrus - interesting morphology

9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago

This specimen was supposedly cutting grown from one of the large trees at Longwood Gardens.
Notice the way that on every branch from the main trunk, the spray of foliage has a 90 degree twist? If they start vertical leaving the trunk, they become horizontal; if they start horizontal, they become vertical. Most of them are the latter. It's hard to capture in a photo, but believe me they are all doing it.
Is this typical and if so, is it named as a phenomena? Is it unique to Calocedrus? I've not seen anything like it before, but maybe I just wasn't looking closely enough.

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