World's Ugliest Tree?

[Richard Moore]

It looks like this has been "pruned" a few times, but I have no idea why they would leave it in the shape it is. The two huge, mutant, branches almost look like another species.

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Placed here, rather than the landscaping section, because it was only damaging my esthetic senses, not the house. Back to the reporting the actual issues....

[kurt]

A lost surburbanite trained the tree into this shape to mark the trail.....

[Jim Baird]

Looks to me like one of the true cedars, maybe an Atlas, of which there is variant called "weeping". Whether you like it or not you have to admit that it is loaded with "character".