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  2. Exploding tree - Wikipedia

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    Trees can explode when struck by lightning. [3] [15] [16] [17] The strong electric current is carried mostly by the water-conducting sapwood below the bark, heating it up and boiling the water. The pressure of the steam can make the trunk burst. [3] [17] This happens especially with trees whose trunks are already dying or rotting.

  3. Girdling - Wikipedia

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    Trees can be girdled by climbing, twining, and ground-creeping (rampant) vines. There are several invasive species that harm trees in this way and cause significant damage to forest canopy and the health of ecosystems dependent on it. Oriental Bittersweet, Oriental Wisteria, and English Ivy all can damage and kill trees by girdling. [citation ...

  4. Crataegus pennsylvanica - Wikipedia

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    Crataegus pennsylvanica, known as the Pennsylvania thorn, [2] is a species of hawthorn native to Delaware, New York, North Carolina, Ontario, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, [2] that grows to about 8 m in height. [2] The mature trees have few thorns. [2]

  5. Melaleuca quinquenervia - Wikipedia

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    Melaleuca quinquenervia, commonly known as the broad-leaved paperbark, paper bark tea tree, punk tree or niaouli, is a small- to medium-sized tree of the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It grows as a spreading tree up to 20 m (70 ft) tall, with its trunk covered by a white, beige and grey thick papery bark.

  6. Why are Pennsylvania's leaves so colorful?

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    Colorful trees in Pennsylvania: A 'fantastic' fall foliage season is expected this year. Pennsylvania has a longer and more varied fall foliage season than any other state in the nation, ...

  7. Lenticel - Wikipedia

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    The dark horizontal lines on silver birch bark are the lenticels. [1]A lenticel is a porous tissue consisting of cells with large intercellular spaces in the periderm of the secondarily thickened organs and the bark of woody stems and roots of gymnosperms and dicotyledonous flowering plants. [2]

  8. Nyctinasty - Wikipedia

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    It has been argued that for plants that display foliar nyctinasty, it is a crucial mechanism for survival; however, most plants do not exhibit any nyctinastic movements. [1] Nyctinasty is found in a range of plant species and across xeric , mesic , and aquatic environments, suggesting that this singular behavior may serve a variety of ...

  9. 50 Times People Acted Like Shameless Jerks Because They ... - AOL

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    #16 My Friend Drunkenly Stripped One Of My Garden Trees Of Its Bark He’s basically destroyed the tree, so I’m now going to have to pay for removal and replacement which won’t be cheap. Image ...