Six views of a dead Beech Tree

Following an afternoon presentation at Fancher Elementary yesterday, I drove to Chipp-A-Waters Park to take a few photographs.  Many of the park's trees have fallen victim to the Emerald Ash Borer in recent years.  These trees have begun falling and knocking down many of the park's healthy trees.  Some of the older trees in the park are simply dying of other natural causes (insect infestations, fungus infection, high winds, etc.).  All that remains of one American Beech is ten foot tall stump.  This trees is covered with a great collection of lichen and fungi.

With apologies to Katsushika Hokusai, here are six views of that American Beech trunk.