Dancing Forest
The Dancing Forest (Template:Langx) is a pine forest on the Curonian Spit in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia noted for its unusually twisted trees. Unlike drunken trees, the trees in the Dancing Forest are twisted into several patterns, such as rings, hearts and convoluted spirals bending to the ground.[1] The exact cause of the trees' distortion is unknown.[2] According to one hypothesis, the distortion is caused by the activity of caterpillars (Rhyacionia buoliana).[3] In a folk story, the Dancing Forest follows the movement of the sands.[1] Trees of such unusual shapes are found throughout the Curonian Spit.
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History
The trees were planted in the 1960s.[2] Before World War II, the site accommodated a Nazi-German gliding school.[2]
See also
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Daria Gonzales (August 23, 2013). "Curonian Spit: Tiny national park on the Baltic coast". Russia Beyond the Headlines. Archived from the original on November 7, 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Curonian Spit". Cultural Heritage of Russia. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kurshskaya Kosa National Park". Field Ecology Center "Ecosystem". Retrieved 31 January 2015.
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