Climbing Trees

Climbing trees is a typical childhood activity that normally does not seem scary. Trees are strong and sturdy, especially the tree that my colloquium class and I climbed on Monday afternoon. This tree had huge branches. I probably could not even wrap my arms around a single branch. Still, I felt that I was going to fall out of the tree. While sliding along the branch so that I would not fall, I noticed that this tree had moss covered bark that with just a single touch would fall off the branch. Soon, Dave told us that this type of tree actually sheds its bark because then it does not have the moss living on its branches.