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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://
www.windowsintowonderland.org/fire/teachers/treestalk.htm
Awesome Trees
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/21/10-most-magnificent-trees-in-the-world/
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