Old Man Willow And Co.

At some point in its illustrious career, this Weeping Willow lost a bifurcating trunk, leaving a near horizontal gape about four feet up the bole. The slowly rotting remains inside there provided a seedbed for not one, not two, but three saplings: cherry, maple, and mulberry. This is a four-tree tree, which is the most I’ve ever seen. (Pictures a couple weeks old, so this community is probably not as green or leafy now that fall has definitely settled in.)