Sometimes when two trees grow into one another, the bark is worn away exposing the cambium layer. When they heal, the two trees are fused together in what is known as inosculation (from Latin ‘osculari’ for ‘kiss'). We could learn a lot from these kissing trees about facing adversity and getting along.
Even in the middle of a busy week, I feel like I'm on vacation when I take a walk in the woods. Every step there is something different to see in the diversity of an unplanned forest where only the laws of nature apply. Trees continue to give throughout their lives and long after they have died eventually becoming part of the soil itself.
These photos show some of the ways that trees are benefiting their neighbors.