Western Red cedar in southwest Washington state.

Any idea what would cause it? There are no other trees around it that look like this

Our tree was blown down by the severe thunderstorms in Texas yesterday. Very sad to lose this 50+ year old tree that shaded our home, but appreciate the stump left behind.

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Thanks everyone for the comments.

Regarding eating a fruit when I don't know what it is.... I just want to clarify that others in the apartment building had been eating them before us for years. It was known in the neighborhood that they were fine to eat.

Obviously, you don't want to eat a completely strange fruit when you don't know if it's edible or safe.

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We've been eating this fruit for a few years now, from a tree outside our apartment building. We have no idea what it is. I've checked Chat, but I didn't get a definitive answer. Anybody have any ideas what kind of tree this is?

The skin is thick and tough. The flesh is soft and sweet. It tastes kind of like a pineapple.

The location is the east side of San Francisco Bay, California.

We’ve lived with this maple for ~30 years. Not sure when it was planted (house built in ‘62). It keeps our south facing home really cool in the summer (SE Michigan) but we started worrying about storm damage, constant cleaning of gutters and mold on the roof. We needed to get it off of the house.

Did the crew do a good job? Was it too much? I would hate to lose this tree.

relatively new beaver lodge, afaik. they took a lot of saplings the last 2 years, but no thicker than my wrist. now they’re really working on older growth!

i hate losing mature trees in our local parks but its all good- i’ll plant some fast growers when no one’s looking 😎

Just noticed this on my crimson maple today. Hadn't noticed any discharge before today. What's going on?

These bases seem abnormally tall but this is in a lake that regularly drains into the aquifer (periodic natural event) and assumed this is an adaptation to that but curious if anyone knows anything further

Came out to find this one day, tree in my front yard. The next morning it was gone, no sign of it no mess on the ground.

I’m thinking alien life?

Saw this in De Kalb, MS.

Anybody know what type tree this is? We cut it down 2 weeks ago in Mt- baker Snoqualmie National forest. It never drank any water even though we gave it a fresh cut before putting it in. We had to take it down years and there are zero needles left on the tree.

This is known as Screaming Titans and is a multi-stem redwood with 2 fused trunks. It is estimated to be 323 ft tall and 25.62 ft wide. Visiting this and the other trees in this area was a humbling and beautiful experience.

http://famousredwoods.com/screaming_titans/

What is this insane looking tree I saw in Edinburgh?

Planted it as well.

I just came across this subreddit and I thought you’d appreciate this tree. It stopped me in my tracks while walking by. I learned that this is an American hornbeam sometimes called muscle wood because of the muscle like texture of the branches and trunk.