We get lots of mistletoe parasites up here, but I had to look twice at this one. It probably isn’t a true parasite anymore because those root/trunks reach the ground, but it probably started as one when a seed lodged in the fork of the gum tree. There’s now a whole tree (some type of fig?) growing around and through the original eucalypt.
Amazing what you see when you look around.
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wow! What a spectacular tree!
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Beautiful.
Your right, it’s amazing what you will find when you actually stop and look.
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What a fabulous looking tree. hard to believe there is a parasite there.
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