On the first day of 2006 I ventured from my home on Fall Creek on a photo expedition.
Each November, the eerie form of these limbs are revealed. I call the tree an “elm” though I am not certain. There are other lone survivor elms nearby, the leaves are right for an elm. Some elm species/specimens have the same shape.
Michael Stephen Wills Photography 
A magnificent survivor! Years ago Dutch Elm Disease decimated elms in my hometown.
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Its lone status is the apparent reason for surviving that scourge.
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