#Inosculation
Beautiful example of sycamore trees (Acer pseudoplatanus) growing close together and merging (a phenomenon called inosculation) at the Saltram National Trust site in Devon. #trees #plants #science 🧪
May 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Inosculation (n): A natural phenomenon in which the trunks, branches or roots of two trees grow together.
December 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is called "inosculation", apparently. And, as a visual metaphor for living a decent life, I think of it quite often.
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Inosculation - Wikipedia
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October 7, 2023 at 1:30 AM
#Inosculation 🌱❤️
January 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
sorry i'm late boss both of my arms have merged with an oak tree through a long natural process of inosculation
January 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
me and the boys hooting and hollering at the use of the very good nature word perrenation on a magic card, then falling into awed silence at the possibility of magic cards deploying the words estivate, marcescence, inosculation, ombrophilous, nemophilist, psithurism before utterly losing our minds
Out on my birthday, "Perrenation" for #mtg and it feels right.
"In botany, perennation is the ability of organisms, particularly plants, to survive from one germinating season to another, especially under unfavourable conditions such as drought or winter cold." Thanks to AD Forrest Schehl!
March 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
California, 2018. The Merger. When two trees grow so close that their trunks, branches, or roots fuse together, it’s called inosculation. A connected structure & beautiful example of nature’s resilience & connection! #Photography #Photojournalism #StreetPhotography #Nature #Arborist #Inosculation
December 27, 2024 at 11:58 AM
This tree keeps another, previously cut, alive thanks to inosculation—a natural phenomenon where two trees fuse as they grow together, sharing tissues, water, and nutrients, even if they are from different species.
August 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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June 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
“Cannibalism as a metaphor for love.”

What about inosculation as a metaphor for unhealthy trauma bonding? A close presence literally wearing away at you, exposing your delicate parts and fusing with you to the point you become the same being.
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August 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
These two trees in my local park have always fascinated me. They are separate trees whose branches have fused together via 'inosculation', a natural phenomenon in which branches grow together in a biologically similar way to grafting.
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April 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"Inosculation" is Latin for, more or less, "kissing into."
February 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Inoculation and inosculation refer to different things. Inoculation is a medical term, referring to the introduction of a vaccine etc. Inosculation is when 2 trees rub and fuse together. It may be the clue for grafting. From Latin root to kiss. #inosculation #inoculation #gemel #apple #trees
May 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The thinner tree was cut years ago and the big one has been holding and feeding it since then.
Inosculation is a natural phenomenon in which parts of two different trees, commonly but not exclusively the same species, grow together, self-grafting and sharing nutrients.
December 26, 2024 at 8:17 AM
The big tree has been ‘feeding’ the cut tree ever since it was murdered.
They ‘wake’ together in spring and ‘fall asleep’ together in autumn.
Inosculation is when part of a tree – not always the same species – self-grafts and shares nutrients.

Inosculation is from Latin ōsculārī, kiss. 😘
November 10, 2023 at 4:56 AM
There's quite a big anti-inosculation movement down in a couple of the new more new agey towns down here in the south west of the UK.
It’s been some time since I have been inosculated.
May 28, 2026 at 6:59 AM
inosculation... is my word for the day.
February 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Learned a new word from this post... Inosculation
Wtf is going on here?
August 29, 2026 at 9:33 PM