Four field marks give away almost every disguised tower. Learn them here, then go find one. The annotated monopine below shows all four on a single specimen.
Field Guide
Field identification
How to spot a specimen
Mark a
Panels in the canopy
Look near the top for flat, rectangular antenna panels. Leaf “socks” help, but the corners usually give it away.
Mark b
Suspicious symmetry
Real trees are untidy. A specimen grows branches in tidy, evenly spaced rings all the way up.
Mark c
A trunk with no taper
The trunk is a steel pole, so it stays the same width from bottom to top. Bark texture is often painted or molded.
Mark d
A fenced compound
Check the base. Gray equipment cabinets, a gravel pad and a chain-link fence are the habitat of every Cellularis.