what the seagull doing
Found this plant in Sacramento,Ca on the American river. Tends to grow near water because seeds typically germinate in moist soil. Was growing near poison hemlock as well as blue elderberry I believe. One of the ways to spot this plant is the white bark that it usually has which signifies that it is not a young plant but could still be going through maturation and also has an abnormal growing pattern.
Likely old mortality that has been recently blown to ground by strong winds. Under large egret and heron rookery.
Some kind of goose?