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            This is one of the walking hornbeams in Hatfield Forest!  The tree has gradually leaned to the left and when the branches reached the ground they put down roots.  The old trunk slowly dies and the tree builds a new one a few feet from the old one.  So the tree walks by looping along.  Every hundred years or so, it leans over and builds a new trunk.  It will do it again and has certainly done it many times before.  So a film taken over many centuries and speeded up would show the tree walking across the grassland.  There are several hornbeams like this in Hatfield Forest. 
   

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Taken on: July 30, 2016

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wildflowers

Essex

tree

hornbeam

Carpinus betulus « less

Sets appears in: • Daily Photo 2016 • Ancient Trees more » • Hatfield Forest Flora • Hatfield Forest • Trees « less

Groups appears in: • Gnarly Trees • Friends of Hatfield Forest more » • UK Woods, Forests and Trees • Trees & Shrubs of Britain • 2016 : one photo each day « less

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ28, f/4.0, 1/160 sec, 9mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-FZ28
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	9mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PaintShop Pro 15.00
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