The evidence for this can be found in "trim lines" of old forestation and can be dated by examining the tree rings of the uppermost trees that survived injuries from earlier splashes. These trim lines show that similar, but smaller, waves occurred in Lituya Bay in 1853, 1874, and 1936. It is known that these were not all earthquake generated.
In interior Alaska and some parts of Canada, witches' broom (an abnormal outgrowth of branches of the tree resembling the sweeping end of a broom), is commonly seen on black and white spruce trees. From late fall through the winter, the brooms are dark brown or "dead"looking and are often mistaken for birds' and squirrels' nests.
Burls, spherical woody growths on the trunks of spruce, birch and other trees, are commonly found throughout wooded parts of Alaska.
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CNN: Trees in art, as well as life, often follow simple mathematical rules, study finds
Trees in art, as well as life, often follow simple mathematical rules, study finds
Interior Alaskan forests have only six native tree species: white spruce, black spruce, quaking aspen, balsam poplar, larch (tamarack) and paper birch. Northern Canadian forests have all of those, plus jack pine, balsam fir and lodgepole pine. Since northern Canada and interior Alaska share the same grueling climate and extremes of daylength, why are the Canadian tree species absent from ...