Every Root an Anchor

This Kettle Moraine "scary oak" grows along a nature trail in Walworth County. The tree gets its appearance from burls — a kind of tumor-like, uncontrolled growth of wood cells — that often start by insect damage, fungus, disease or physical abrasions.
Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Deakman
Pixel dimensions: 1018x1400
Output resolution: 200ppi
Output size: 5.09x7 inches
File size: 293KB
Image mode: Grayscale
Posted on May 16, 2005
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