Poland’s Crooked
Forest, a Mystery With No Straight Answer
In Poland’s Krzywy Las,
or crooked forest, the pine tree look like potbellied stick figured. Over 400
trees, the trunk buckle out 90 degrees, creating bark-covered bellies that drag
just above the earth, oddly pointing in the same direction “North”. No one knows what caused this unusual strand
of tree in a protected forest since the town was mostly destroyed during World
War II. A retired plant scientist William Remphrey discovered a genetic
mutation causing a group of aspen trees in Canada to curve and droop consistently
over development, resulting in gnarled and twirl trees. But then he said if it
were genetic then the trees curves to continue beyond the base and also its
possible that the curves could cause by the heavy snowfall. Still he said we
still don’t understand why the trees are point to the north.
This is a cool article, I have seen pictures of this forrest before and always wondered about it. I was not sure if they were made this way on purpose some how like some sort of hybrid that would cause them to grow in such a way. It could also make sense that a severe snow storm could cause this to happen, however the strangest part is that they all point north.
ReplyDeleteThese trees are out of this world!! Could environmental factors such as low strong winds coming from the south be a factor in the trees being bent at 90 degrees to the north??
ReplyDeleteGood Post. Your title is great. Although genetic implications could definitely be at play, I believe the cause must be environmental, but I could also be wrong.
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