Need to find this specimen in May/June/July time frame and see if it puts out the expected flower.
Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. October 29, 2022. Paddling green canoe trail from Kingfisher Landing entrance southward to Durdin Prairie and back.
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These trees grow in FDR State Park in Georgia. They look like something Dr Suess would draw with their twisty trunks.
The trunks are medium brown with vertical small ridges. Any identification?