Mandelbrot wrote that the most basic example of fractal geometry in nature is the tree. Each split, he noted, from trunk to limb to branch to leaf, is remarkably similar, yet with subtle differences that provide increasing detail and complexity.

Branching

Dragon

Gnarly

Winter

How Many Branches

Leaning

Every Which Way

Through the Woods

Good Day Sunshine

Fog Forest

Three Birds

Rock Spring

A Motley Crew

Tangled Web

Into the Woods

Humboldt Redwoods

Forest Floor

More Than Tree

On the Road to Nowhere

Peace Grove

Autumn

Autumn Woods

Pierce Point Ranch

Lone Tree

As I Lay Dying
And so the root becomes a trunk
And then a tree and seeds of trees
And springtime sap and summer shade
And autumn leaves and shape of poems and dreams
And more than tree. - Langston Hughes
And then a tree and seeds of trees
And springtime sap and summer shade
And autumn leaves and shape of poems and dreams
And more than tree. - Langston Hughes