Trees near Iowa Park

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spike427
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2:44p, 6/13/11
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I recently drove up to Amarillo for a family wedding, and my mom mentioned that sometimes she has seen camels around Iowa Park/Electra off of 287. We both loved the trees in that area - very distinct with thinner/multiple trunks and a lovely shaped canopy. Does anyone know what kind of trees those are?
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3:30p, 6/13/11
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Plain old live oak trees.

Pruned by camels.
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3:36p, 6/13/11
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It's just what happens to trees when camels eat the leaves as high as they can reach.

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5:36p, 6/13/11
We walked our horses somewhere before Amarillo once at a roadside park. Out of nowhere, a herd of camels appeared. I thought the horses were going to have a nervous breakdown.
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10:23p, 6/13/11
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Really? I didn't know live oak grew like that. There's a cluster of them on the other side of the highway a little north of there that have the same shape, but I didn't think the camels were over there.
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12:15a, 6/14/11
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Really? I didn't know live oak grew like that.

They don't grow like that. The camels eat the bottom and the only thing that grows is what they can't reach. If you take any tree and strip off every leaf and tender branch from ground level to 12 feet off the ground, they are going to end up looking like mushrooms.
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10:53p, 6/14/11
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I meant the trunks. The trunks seem to be in multiples and not very big compared to the height. Also, like I said, there is a clump of them on down the road that is shaped the same way but I didn't think the camels were across the highway so close to the road.
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11:09p, 6/14/11
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It's all camel pruning, both sides of the road. Don't know what to tell you about the trunks, it may be several trees growing in a clump, with an unusual trunk height and thinness due to the constant grazing.
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