How come the trees growing there are so twisted?
We have a spectacular landscape here at New Mexico’s Land of Fire and Ice. One of its many striking features is the old growth forest and twisted trees that have grown on the lava bed. The reason that the trees grow to be so twisted is likely due to the subsurface conditions that these trees are rooted in. As the trees have to twist and contort their root systems to grow in the lava rock, the tops of the trees are affected and often grow to be twisted.
