What causes two trees to grow together connecting them?

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   possum loverposted 7 years ago

   What causes two trees to grow together connecting them?
   
   In this photo the two trees are connected about 20 feet up in the air.
   
   

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   simplehappylifeposted 7 years ago

   That is amazing!  I've never seen that before.  It's called Inosculation and is pretty rare, well, I think it's rare.  I've looked at many trees in my life and have never seen it.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inosculation

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      possum loverposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      This answer "inosculation" has now popped up twice here and it has to be correct. Thanks SA Williams

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      simplehappylifeposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      You're Welcome   Keep them coming, I love your questions

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      possum loverposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Okay I will try my best.

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   kj forceposted 7 years ago

   Inosculation is a natural phenomenon in which trunks, branches or roots of two trees grow together. It is biologically very similar to grafting.
   They sometimes self-graft and grow together as they expand in diameter. Inosculation customarily results when tree limbs are braided or pleached.
   I have this on my property with Willow and Bamboo ,,,I understand this is more common with some types ..the reason I knew this was I also was curious years ago when my grandson asked after noticing it on our property..

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      possum loverposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you for the answer.

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      kj forceposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      you are quite welcome....you proposed an interesting question, what made you ask regards to this subject?

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      possum loverposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      I decided to ask this question after seeing this weird looking tree in the woods. So I took a picture of the tree and here we are.

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