About one half of the trunk is commonly branchless, but where it grows at all close, three fourths or more become naked; the tree presenting then a more slender and elegant shaft than any other tree in the woods.
大约一半的树干通常没有分枝,但在它长得很近的地方,四分之三或更多变得光秃秃的;这棵树比树林中的任何其他树都呈现出更加纤细和优雅的树干。