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Paper Mulberry Trees Endure Aging Like Clowns in Williamsburg
A Williamsburg observer Mary Goetz notes that paper mulberry trees around the Colonial Capitol show age deformities. The Asian species, fast-growing and weak in trunk, develop knots and gnarls in winter when leaves are gone. The trees’ glossy disguises fade, revealing a quirky, clowning appearance in photographs.
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