You never know what you’ll find inside a tree. Some people discover raccoons and possums. Or bee hives oozing with honey. Nadine Wiley of Lincoln found a maple leaf design. “My husband’s first ...

Lodes said someone also may have injected fertilizer into the trunk, causing the unusual markings to start at the same tree ring. “The fact that it is a maple leaf shape is simply a quirk of nature,” ...