Trees Intertwining (Your experiences and photos) Duos | Siblings | Symbiotic | Branchular Bonanza!

Hello Permies!

I humbly propose a thread on the topic of trees intertwining, purposeful or accidental circumstances, human intervention or natural occurrence, polyculture spatial arrangement, or storm-generated grow-op, rarified roots, or trunks and torniquetes, all are welcome here.

I'll start off with a classic duo here on the east coast, Spruce & Birch maybe not the best photo, but one from today on the community logging trail that got me thinking about the subject, so to me, that's as good as it gets!

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Enthused to see and hear from all of you!

I would be very interested in knowing whether two very different trees can merge and share resources.

I would be very interested in knowing whether two very different trees can merge and share resources.

I'm also keen to learn more about how this could happen! Through time at least I have seen many mountain ash trees that send saplings vigorously through often dead but sometimes still living large trunked trees resulting in a bouquet like appearance of the ash tree. Around here they crawl and twist through the windfall from storms that acts a bit like a net of branches and trunks that lift deadfall off the ground. I also imagine the saplings have been planted by animals... the ravens / chipmunks / etc. Could they be the architects so to speak of intertwining? I'm sure in some of the best cases!

Only a few threads mention inosculation, but here is one well known phenomena of many that may contribute toward intertwining elements of trees in a non-grafted circumstance. A point I'd like to find out more about is how the root layer of trees are even more often inosculated compared to above ground growth.

Here's a link from University of New Hampshire Extension with a very brief introduction:
https://extension.unh.edu/blog/2022/02/inosculation-making-connections-woods

I have a pair of rowans that appear to be in a frozen dance together by the river. It's a bit difficult to see in this picture, but the main branches spiral upwards with a modesty gap. They appear to have two completely separate trunks,but are very similar in growth and appearance.

Hello Ian et al.
Coming from Brown's Mountain, Antigonish Co, NS.
I have no experience with inosculation, so far, but aim to try some sapling weaving this spring.
Some work shows balsam fire repel/kill ticks, so... one project is a self-repairing tick repellent balsam fir wigwam.
I'll be sticky, but tickfree.
I will update with images as I start.  cheers Doug Campbell