the wonderful wonderous tree

The Wonderful- WONDEROUS Tree

World’s Largest Living Tree

General Sherman a Giant Sequoia. Sequoiadendron giganteum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Sherman_tree

Considered the largest organism, as measured by the volume of its trunk (1487 cubic meters as of 2002).

The tree is located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in the United States, east of Visalia, California.

The tree is believed to be approximately 2200 years old

Traveler’s Tree

This tree grows like a giant open fan relative of the Banana tree.

It is said .... If a traveler stands directly in front of a Traveler's Tree and makes a wish in "good spirit" - that wish will definitely come true!

The name derives from the fact that a stem can be cut and the water inside can be drunk, hence good for thirsty travelers who need refreshment

Originally from Madagascar

The Thickest Tree

The Tule Tree, a Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)

Found in Oaxaca Mexico Has a girth of 190 feet Diameter of 37 feet 1994 appeared to be dying, branches were falling off, leaves

yellow Tree doctor called in Prescription = water

Árbol del TuleThe Tule Tree

Legend says you can make out animals in the trunk- like elephants, jaguars, lions

It’s nickname is Tree of Life

Rafiki’s Home

Baobab

The Baobab or Monkey Bread Tree

Can grow up to 100 feet tall and 35 feet wide

Used for water storage Leaves, seeds, fruit,

roots area edible

Largest Seeds

The nut of the sea is so named because mariners often found them floating in the Indian Ocean long before the discovery of the Seychelles Islands off the coast of Africa in 1743. That led people to believe they came from a huge tree far beneath the sea.

Coco de Mer

One seed can cost $1700.00 40-45 pounds Found in the shape of a double

coconut Female tree does not

produce fruit until

100 years old

Hyperion

World’s Tallest Tree

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070123-redwoods-video.html

Sept 7, 2006 THE CHAMPION: At 378.1 feet, Hyperion in Redwood National Park on North Coast towers 8 feet above The Stratosphere Gianthttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/09/07/MNGQRL0TDV1.DTL

Julia Butterfly Hill

http://www.circleoflifefoundation.org/education/kids/butterflys_tale.htm

Coniferous Trees

Like many scientific names, the word conifer comes from the Latin words conus (cone) and ferre (to bear). The word literally means cone bearing.

Things made from Coniferous Trees

Lumber Paper Cardboard Furniture You name something

Trees only scarred by fire

Ponderosa Pine Jack Pine Lodgepole Pines http://

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Awesome Trees

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/21/10-most-magnificent-trees-in-the-world/

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