Big Burl Tree

Along the eastern side of the Muir Trail, as it leads up the hill from the Boardwalk and turns right alongside University Boulevard, on the opposite side of the trail from the Sandworm Tree, is a tree with a large burl/knot/lump on the side of its trunk, located about 20 feet up the trunk. Burls may look malignant, but they usually cause no ill effects to the tree.