Room to breathe

You can almost hear these sycamores saying "ahhhh" now that the Brazilian peppers and other invasive species that were crowding around them have been removed. With the other vegetation gone, the magnificent structure of these beautiful trees can be seen.

Some of the trees were so crowded together that they had actually grown into and through each other. It almost looks as if these two trees have created a hybrid, a sort of "Western Brazilian sycamore." It will be interesting to see what the sycamore looks like once the pepper is removed.