The Crooked Forest ( Polish : Krzywy Las ) is a grove of oddly-shaped Scots pine trees located in the village of Nowe Czarnowo near the town of Gryfino , West Pomerania , in north-western Poland . It is a protected natural monument of Poland.
4-413: This grove of 400 pines was planted in around 1930. Each pine tree bends sharply to the north, just above ground level, then curves back upright after a sideways excursion of one to three meters (3–9 feet). The curved pines are enclosed by a surrounding forest of straight pine trees. It is generally believed that some form of human tool or technique was used to make the trees grow or bend this way, but
8-518: Is open to the public and is a tourist attraction in the region. Trunk (botany) In botany , the trunk (or bole ) is the stem and main wooden axis of a tree , which is an important feature in tree identification, and which often differs markedly from the bottom of the trunk to the top, depending on the species. The trunk is the most important part of the tree for timber production. Trunks occur both in "true" woody plants and non-woody plants such as palms and other monocots , though
12-502: The internal physiology is different in each case. In all plants, trunks thicken over time due to the formation of secondary growth , or, in monocots, pseudo-secondary growth. Trunks can be vulnerable to damage, including sunburn . Trunks which are cut down for making lumber are generally called logs ; if they are cut to a specific length, called bolts . The term "log" is informally used in English to describe any felled trunk not rooted in
16-523: The method has never been determined, and remains a mystery to this day. It has been speculated that the trees may have been deformed to create naturally curved timber for use in furniture or boat building. Others surmise that a snowstorm could have bent the trunks , but there is little evidence of that. The forest was featured in season 1, episode 4 of The UnXplained on the History channel titled "Unnatural Nature" that first aired on 9 August 2019. The site
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