[u8555]

Just what exactly is a "garbage bag tree"? Everytime I'm out somewhere and I see a garbage bag stuck up in a tree I call it a garbage bag tree, but somehow I don't think that's what Gord meant.

I think that could very well be exactly what Gord means.

I always pictured them as being trees that have plastice around the base of their trunks. It seems like they are in residential areas, and perhaps they are to protect the trunks, as they are usually young trees. This may sound like the explanation of San Diego by Ron Burgundy, but that's what I always pictured.