Old Deformed Box Elder Tree at Wheeler Farm - Murray, Utah USA
N 40° 38.153 W 111° 51.696
12T E 427140 N 4498694
Old, Deformed Box Elder Tree at Wheeler Farm
Waymark Code: WMBPWT
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 06/11/2011
Views: 11
On a visit to Historic Wheeler Farm we ran across this old deformed Box Elder tree, just off of one of the walking trails. It looks like when this tree was very young, the main trunk was severed just above the ground. Over time sucker shoots from below the damage began to grow out away from the main trunk. This would account for the strange, deformed condition the tree is in today. The farm hands told us that the main trunk, burls and all, is 16 to 20 feet in diameter. This is exceptionally large for this variety of tree in this part of the country.
Genus/Species: Box Elder
Height: 32
Girth: 20
Method of obtaining height: Reliable source
Method of obtaining girth: Reliable source
Location type: Other public property
Age: 90
Historical significance:
This tree stands on what was once a early working farm. Today the farm has been preserved as a park of sorts that people can visit to learn what early farm life was like.
Wheeler Historic Farm: http://www.wheelerfarm.com/
Planter: Wild
Walk time: 5
Photograpy coordinates: N 40° 38.153 W 111° 51.696
Website reference: Not listed
Parking coordinates: Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
A closeup picture of your GPS receiver in your hand, with the tree in the background, is required. If the tree is on private property, this closeup photograph with the tree in the background may be taken from the nearest public vantage point without actually going to the tree.
The required photograph does not need to show the entire tree, but the individual tree must be recognizable.