Hula pines

I think I've photographed these trees before, but from a different angle (I did, look here). They're located not far off our normal walking route, in a patch of woods that has recently been logged. The cut wood is neatly stacked and covered nearby. I assume it will become firewood. The curvy trees are conifers and therefore not suitable for firewood.

These trees are bent toward the southwest, opposite of the normal prevailing wind direction around here.

It's hard to imagine what caused the curve in these trunks. It may have been a wind storm some time in years past that bent the young trees without toppling them, after which they continued to grow normally. The bending seems to have only happened in this one section of woods.