Oddly grafted downtown tree probably doctored by seed-carrying critter

Esther Short — Frankenstein’s tree? Mark Ullman and Kathi King spotted a strange one on the southwest corner of the intersection at West 11th and Esther streets: a catalpa with what looks like a mountain ash branch grafted onto it. Vancouver Urban Forester Charles Ray agreed with those identifications — an ash branch on a catalpa trunk — but concluded that the mad scientist must be a squirrel or bird.