Cypress trunks are often covered in lichen,
but it’s not the fungus I’m worried about:
Rather moccasins skimming on the water below.
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| Multi-colored cypress trunk in water |
Slash pine trunks are my last concerns when I’m in the dry palmettos.
I have an eye out for rattlesnakes coiled around each corner, instead.
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| Slash pine bark peals away like paper and has many crevasses |
At least that was the case until I got stung on the finger by a scorpion hiding out under a cranny of a pine trunk’s papery bark.
I’ve had a healthy respect for pine trees ever since.
I’m proud to report that after twelve years the sting no longer hurts!
