# Twisted Trees (No, not that kind.)

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 13, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twisted-trees-no-not-that-kind/506325 "2009-08-13T19:50:51Z")\
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There’s an excellent summary of the then current knowledge in a book by James Trefil called “Meditations at 10,000 Feet” about twisting in spruce trees. Lots of the theories mentioned here are explored and none fully explains the data. It’s a great mystery, one that doesn’t yet have a definitive answer.

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