The Bialbero di Casorzo (
Italian
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: "double tree of Casorzo") is situated between
Grana and
Casorzo in
Piedmont
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, Italy. It is a
mulberry tree
''Morus'', a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, consists of diverse species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions. Generally, the genus has 64 identif ...
on which a cherry tree grows. The cherry tree rises well above the mulberry tree on which it stands.
Epiphytic
An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...
al growing trees are not unusual, but they normally reach a small size and have a short lifespan, as there is normally not enough
humus and space available where they grow.
Large epiphytes like this one require that the "upper tree" have a root connection to the ground, for example by growing down through a hollow trunk.
See also
*
List of individual trees
References
Epiphytes
Individual trees in Italy
Piedmont
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