Postmortem of a tree

The only piece left after a silver maple was cut down and hauled away. I'm not sure why this was left behind. Perhaps too heavy for the city's clamshell bucket truck. As this crotch section suggests, the tree had evolved with a complex configuration of trunk and main stems. Wish I'd gotten a "before" pic of it. Besides being complex, I'd have to say it was not a thing of beauty. The worst part was how horribly misshapen it had become, after ruthless amputations by the tree "trimming" contractor who works for our utilities company.

I did also notice that my neighbor scavenged a couple of large trunk sections before the city truck made its rounds. Imagine he has furniture creations in mind. I'm curious to see the outcome.

 

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