I have been looking at the cottonwood trees that fell over during the ice storm as I have written about recently. I had one more thing to share. The small branches at the tops of the trees had an interesting structure. They were knobby from what appears to be old scars created from where the previous years’ leaf stems were attached. With the new leaves sprouting out of the top, it reminded me of a palm tree. The stems also looked like they had been stacked likes rock cairns—beautiful formations.
Where the stems attached to the larger branch, there were thick, bowl-shaped nodes. Many of the larger branches were bumpy with scars where these smaller stems had broken off.
I love this tree!
