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How interesting! If I'm understanding this right, a wolf tree is not a specific kind of tree but rather any tree that grows in a certain environment under certain conditions.

Wolf trees are the result of having grown in an open area. In many cases these trees were once in or at the edge of an open field. Wolf trees were initially left when forest was cleared to create a pasture or they got their start in an existing pasture and somehow managed to remain despite their cleared surroundings. Since a wolf tree once grew free of competition with other trees they were able to grow wide, broad crowns.

Source: http://www.publiclandjournal.c...

Did you ever see the movie Shawshank Redemption? The box of cash that was buried along the wall, under the tree. That was a wolf tree, if I'm understanding this description correctly. Same with the tree in the movie "Robin Hood" (with Kevin Kostner). The deer hunting boy was treed into a wolf tree.