Not your basic birch...⁣ Find Your Fright this #FridayThe13th in a park. From creepy-crawlies, to scary stories, strange things in nature, or adventures in the unknown, there is a lot you can find in a park to have a fun (and safe) fright. And don’t get us started on walking into a spider web. Where is it???!!!! Talking about stranger things, did you know the Yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) tree grows larger than other eastern birches? The name comes from the curly, translucent, golden-yellow bark, streaked with gray and brown. What’s up with this specimen at Michigan’s Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore? Most likely a yellow birch seed germinated in the warm, moist environment of a decomposing fallen tree. As the young birch grew on top of the dead tree, its roots traveled down around the fallen trunk and into the ground. Eventually the dead tree (known as a “nurse” tree) rotted away completely, leaving the yellow birch with multiple legs to chase you down…we mean admire. Yeah,...