Tree Curl, Photographed in the Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
In botany, morphology is the study of plants’ form and structure; physiology deals primarily with plants’ functions. The shapes, growth patterns, and environmental influences of plants can often result in a truly arresting form. But a closer look reveals that there is function as well. Here a tree’s unique shape of the branches is a direct result of its mountainside location. The photograph, taken in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, documents the tree’s energetic struggle to compete with other plants in an environment limited by such resources as sunlight and water.-Dennis DeHart
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