What might do this to a tree?
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bzbadger
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Sometimes parasitic vines that grow from the ground will wrap themselves around a tree and cause the tree to grow misshapen. I have some I've cut down in the early stages that the vine twisted and made spirals out of the tree, they make cool walking sticks.
Yep, and I've heard of a funny one - Milton Burl.
Ice Scratcher
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I am more or less an expert on trees with over 20 years of field experience..
IMO.. That tree looks to have suffered from mechanical damage, maybe an ATV ran into it some time ago (years)?
It also could have been a co-dominant (two trunks) tree, and one side of it died, with the living half still trying to compartmentalize the area where the damage occurred...
It could be a malformed burl as well, caused by a burrowing insect larva...
Looks to be a red elm from here....
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IMO.. That tree looks to have suffered from mechanical damage, maybe an ATV ran into it some time ago (years)?
It also could have been a co-dominant (two trunks) tree, and one side of it died, with the living half still trying to compartmentalize the area where the damage occurred...
It could be a malformed burl as well, caused by a burrowing insect larva...
Looks to be a red elm from here....
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Dirtfishin
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I looked at it again, and it just looks like someone started to cut it down and stopped a 1/4 of the way through it.
GabbityGabby
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It's amazing how plants and trees adapt to their environment. You should check out how phototropism causes extreme abnormal growth of trees, such as the Crooked Forest in Poland. The tree in the picture below grew this way as a result of phototropism. I would hate to mow around that in my yard. 
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