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A distant and lesser-known cousin
of the genus Arbor calceorum (shoe
tree) is this Arbor caligarum (boot tree)
located about ten miles east of Gillam, Manitoba in
Canada. The Boots Creek Sign is routinely pruned and
cleaned up by the Manitoba Highway Department, making
it unlike most other such "trees" found
throughout North America. The MHD has found that,
left to its own growth patterns, the Boots Creek Sign
would, like kudzu, soon take over the roadway.
The construction workers who frequent
the nearby hydro-electric plants are reportedly the
leading source of contributions to this tree. The
brave correspondent who risked getting stomped while
taking this evidentiary photo reports that the new
additions pictured here represent the largest growth
spurt since the 1970s.
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