10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World.

Posted by Alex in Neatorama Only on March 21, 2007 at 1:20 am

"A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food,
warmth and protection to all living things. It even gives shade to
those who wield an axe to cut it down" – Buddha.

There are probably hundreds of majestic and magnificent trees in the world – of these, some are particularly special:

10. Lone Cypress in Monterey

The Lone Cypress
(Image credit: bdinphoenix [flickr])

Lone Cypress at Pebble Beach
(Image credit: mikemac29 [flickr])

Buffeted by the cold Pacific Ocean wind, the scraggly Lone Cypress [wiki] (Cupressus macrocarpa) in Pebble Beach, Monterey Peninsula, California, isn’t a particularly large tree. It makes up for its small size, however, with its iconic status as a stunningly beautiful tree in splendid isolation, framed by an even more beautiful background of the Pacific Ocean.

9. Circus Trees

As a hobby, bean farmer Axel Erlandson [wiki] shaped trees – he pruned, bent, and grafted trees into fantastic shapes and called them "Circus Trees." For example, to make this "Basket Tree" arborsculpture, Erlandson planted six sycamore trees in a circle and then grafted them together to form the diamond patterns.

Basket Circus Tree
Basket Tree (Image credit: jpeepz [flickr])

Circus Tree with Two Legs
The two-legged tree (Image credit: Vladi22, Wikipedia)

Ladder tree (Image credit: Arborsmith)

Axel Erlandson underneath a Circus Tree
Axel Erlandson underneath one of his arborsculpture (Image credit: Wilma Erlandson, Cabinet Magazine)

Erlandson was very secretive and refused to reveal his methods on how to grow the Circus Trees (he even carried out his graftings behind screens to protect against spies!) and carried the secrets to his grave.

The trees were later bought by millionaire Michael Bonfante, who transplanted them to his amusement park Bonfante Gardens in Gilroy in 1985.

8. Giant Sequoias: General Sherman

General Sherman Tree
(Image credit: Humpalumpa [flickr])

Giant Sequoias [wiki] (Sequoiadendron giganteum), which only grow in Sierra Nevada, California, are the world’s biggest trees (in terms of volume). The biggest is General Sherman [wiki] in the Sequoia National Park – one behemoth of a tree at 275 feet (83.8 m), over 52,500 cubic feet of volume (1,486 m³), and over 6000 tons in weight.

General Sherman is approximately 2,200 years old – and each year, the tree adds enough wood to make a regular 60-foot tall tree. It’s no wonder that naturalist John Muir said "The Big Tree is Nature’s forest masterpiece, and so far as I know, the greatest of living things."

For over a century there was a fierce competition for the title of the largest tree: besides General Sherman, there is General Grant [wiki] at King’s Canyon National Park, which actually has a
larger circumference (107.5 feet / 32.77 m vs. Sherman’s 102.6 feet / 31.27 m).

In 1921, a team of surveyors carefully measured the two
giants – with their data, and according to the complex American Forestry Association system of judging a tree, General Grant should have been award the title of largest tree – however, to simplify the matter, it was later determined that in this case, volume, not point system, should be the determining factor.

7. Coast Redwood: Hyperion and Drive-Thru Trees

Stratosphere Giant There is another sequoia species (not to be confused with Giant Sequoia) that is quite remarkable: the Coast Redwood [wiki] (Sequoia sempervirens), the tallest trees in the world.

The reigning champion is a tree called Hyperion in the Redwood National Park, identified by researcher Chris Atkins and amateur naturalist Michael Taylor in 2006. Measuring over 379 feet (~~155.6~~ 115 m) tall, Hyperion beat out the previous record holder Stratosphere Giant [wiki] in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park (at 370 feet / 112.8 m).

The scientists aren’t talking about the exact location of Hyperion: the terrain is difficult, and they don’t want a rush of visitors to come and trample the tree’s root system.

[Image: The Stratosphere Giant - still an impressive specimen, previously the world's tallest tree until dethroned by Hyperion in 2006.]

That’s not all that’s amazing about the Coast Redwood: there are four giant California redwoods big enough that you can drive your car through them!

The most famous of the drive-through trees is the Chandelier Tree [wiki] in Leggett, California. It’s a 315 foot tall redwood tree, with a 6 foot wide by 9 foot tall hole cut through its base in the 1930s.

Chandelier Tree. (Image credit: hlh-abg [flickr])

6. Chapel-Oak of Allouville-Bellefosse

Chapel Oak Tree
Chapel-Oak of Allouville-Bellefosse (Image credit: Old trees in Netherlands & Europe)

Chapel Oak Tree
(Image credit: dm1795 [flickr])

Chapel Oak Tree
(Image credit: Luc Doudet)

The Chêne-Chapelle (Chapel-Oak) of Allouville-Bellefosse is the most famous tree in France – actually, it’s more than just a tree: it’s a building and a religious monument all in one.

In 1669, l’Abbe du Detroit and du Cerceau decided to build a chapel in (at that time) a 500 years old or so oak (Quercus robur) tree made hollow by a lightning bolt. The priests built a small altar to the Virgin Mary. Later on, a second chapel and a staircase were added.

Now, parts of the tree are dead, the crown keeps becoming smaller and smaller every year, and parts of the tree’s bark, which fell off due to old age, are covered by protective oak shingles. Poles and cables support the aging tree, which in fact, may not live much longer. As a symbol, however, it seems that the Chapel-Oak of Allouville-Bellefosse may live on forever.

5. Quaking Aspen: Pando (The Trembling Giant)

Quaking Aspen Grove
Quaking Aspen (Image: Wikipedia)

Aspen grove (Image credit: scottks1 [flickr])

Aspen in winter and snow
Quaking Aspen in winter (Image credit: darkmatter [flickr])

Pando [wiki] or the Trembling Giant in Utah is actually a colony of a single Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) tree. All of the trees (technically, "stems") in this colony are genetically identical (meaning, they’re exact clones of one another). In fact, they are all a part of a single living organism with an enormous underground root system.

Pando, which is Latin for "I Spread," is composed of about 47,000 stems spread throughout 107 acres of land. It estimated to weigh 6,600 tons, making it the heaviest known organism. Although the average age of the individual stems are 130 years, the entire organism is estimated to be about 80,000 years old!

4. Montezuma Cypress: The Tule Tree

Tule Tree next to a church
The Tule Tree Towers over a church next to it (Image credit: jubilohaku [flickr])

Girth of the Tule Tree
Full width of the Tule Tree (Image credit: Gengiskanhg, Wikipedia)

Detail of knotted burl of the Tule Tree
Close-up of the tree’s gnarled trunk. Local legends say that you can make out animals like jaguars and elephants in the trunk, giving the tree the nickname of "the Tree of Life" (Image credit: jvcluis [flickr])

El Árbol del Tule [wiki] ("The Tule Tree") is an especially large Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) near the city of Oaxaca, Mexico. This tree has the largest trunk girth at 190 feet (58 m) and trunk diameter at 37 feet (11.3 m). The Tule tree is so thick that people say you don’t hug this tree, it hugs you instead!

For a while, detractors argued that it was actually three trees masquerading as one – however, careful DNA analysis confirmed that it is indeed one magnificent tree.

In 1994, the tree (and Mexican pride) were in jeopardy: the leaves were sickly yellow and there were dead branches everywhere- the tree appeared to be dying. When tree "doctors" were called in, they diagnosed the problem as dying of thirst. The prescription? Give it water. Sure enough, the tree soon recovered after a careful watering program was followed.

3. Banyan Tree: Sri Maha Bodhi Tree

The Banyan tree is named after "banians" or Hindu traders who carry out their business under the tree. Even if you have never heard of a Banyan tree (it was the tree used by Robinson Crusoe for his treehouse), you’d still recognize it. The shape of the giant tree is unmistakable: it has a majestic canopy with aerial roots running from the branches to the ground.

Banyan tree (Image credit: Diorama Sky [flickr])

Banyan tree's aerial root system
Closer view of the Banyan aerial root structure (Image credit: BillyCrafton [flickr])

If you were thinking that the Banyan tree looks like the trees whose roots snake through the ruins of the Ta Prohm temple like tentacles of the jungle (Lara Croft, anyone?) at Ankor, Cambodia , you’d be right!

Banyan tree at Ta Prohm temple
Banyan tree (or is it silk-cotton tree?) in the ruins of Ta Prohm, Ankor, Cambodia
(Image Credit: Casual Chin [flickr])

One of the most famous species of Banyan, called the Sacred Fig [wiki] or Bo tree, is the Sri Maha Bodhi [wiki] tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is said that the tree was grown from a cutting from the original tree under which Buddha became enlightened in the 6th century BC.

Planted in 288 BC, it is the oldest living human-planted tree in the world, with a definitive planting date!

Banyan Tree which Buddha sat under
(Image credit: Images of Ceylon)

Sri Maha Bodhi
(Image credit: Wikipedia)

2. Bristlecone Pine: Methuselah and Prometheus, the Oldest Trees in the World.

Methuselah Grove (Image Credit: NOVA Online)

Prometheus bristlecone pine grove
Bristlecone pine grove in which Prometheus grew (Image credit: James R. Bouldin, Wikipedia)

The oldest living tree in the world is a White Mountains, California, bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) named Methuselah [wiki], after the Biblical figure who lived to 969 years old. The Methuselah tree, found at 11,000 feet above sea level, is 4,838 years old – it is not only the oldest tree but also the oldest living non-clonal organism in the world.

Before Methuselah was identified as the world’s oldest tree by Edmund Schulman in 1957, people thought that the Giant Sequoias were the world’s oldest trees at about 2,000 years old. Schulman used a borer to obtain a core sample to count the growth rings of various bristlecone pines, and found over a dozen trees over 4,000 years old.

The story of Prometheus [wiki] is even more interesting: in 1964, Donald R. Currey [wiki], then a graduate student, was taking core samples from a tree named Prometheus. His boring tool broke inside the tree, so he asked for permission from the US Forest Service to cut it down and examine the full cross section of the wood. Surprisingly the Forest Service agreed! When they examined the tree, Prometheus turned out to be about 5,000 years old, which would have made it the world’s oldest tree when the scientist unwittingly killed it!

Stump of Prometheus
Stump of the Prometheus Tree. (Image Credit: James R. Bouldin, Wikipedia)

Today, to protect the trees from the inquisitive traveler, the authorities are keeping their location secret (indeed, there are no photos identifying Methuselah for fear of vandalism).

1. Baobab

The amazing baobab [wiki] (Adansonia) or monkey bread tree can grow up to nearly 100 feet (30 m) tall and 35 feet (11 m) wide. Their defining characteristic: their swollen trunk are actually water storage – the baobab tree can store as much as 31,700 gallon (120,000 l) of water to endure harsh drought conditions.

Baobab trees are native to Madagascar (it’s the country’s national tree!), mainland Africa, and Australia. A cluster of "the grandest of all" baobab trees (Adansonia grandidieri) can be found in the Baobab Avenue, near Morondava, in Madagascar:

Baobab Avenue
(Image credit: Fox-Talbot, Wikipedia)

Baobab
(Image credit: plizzba [flickr])

Baobab at sunset
(Image credit: Daniel Montesino [flickr])

In Ifaty, southwestern Madagascar, other baobabs take the form of bottles, skulls, and even teapots:

Teapot baobab (Image credit: Gilles Croissant)

The baobab trees in Africa are amazing as well:

Baobab in Tanzania (Image credit: telethon [flickr])

Another baobab in Africa
Baobab near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Image credit: ironmanix [flickr])

There are many practical uses of baobab trees, like for a toilet:

Toilet inside a baobab tree
A toilet built inside a baobab tree in the Kayila Lodge, Zambia
(Image credit: Steve Makin [flickr])

… and even for a prison:

Prison boab
A "Prison Baob" tree in Western Australia (Image credit: yewenyi [flickr])

Bonus: Tree That Owns Itself

Son of the Tree That Owns Itself (Image Credit: Bloodofox, Wikipedia)

Legend has it that the Tree That Owns Itself [wiki], a white oak in Athens, Georgia was given ownership of itself and the surrounding land by Dr. William Henry Jackson in 1820! The original tree had died long ago, but a new tree (Son of The Tree That Owns Itself) was planted at the same location from one of its acorns.

Bonus 2: The Lonely Tree of Ténéré

Tree of Tenere
The Tree of Ténéré in the 1970s, before a truck crashed into it (Image credit: Peter Krohn)

The Tree of Ténéré or L’Abre du Ténéré was the world’s most isolated tree – the solitary acacia, which grew in the Sahara desert in Niger, Africa, was the only tree within more than 250 miles (400 km) around.

The tree was the last surviving member of a group of acacias that grew when the desert wasn’t as dry. When scientists dug a hole near the tree, they found its roots went down as deep as 120 feet (36 m) below to the water table!

Apparently, being the only tree in that part of the wide-open desert (remember: there wasn’t another tree for 250 miles around), wasn’t enough to stop a drunk Libyan truck driver from driving his truck into it, knocking it down and killing it!

Now, a metal sculpture was placed in its spot to commemorate the Lonely Tree of Ténéré:

Metal sculpture of Tenere tree
(Image credit: Nomad’s Land, main website)

I’ll be the first to acknowledge that this list is far from complete: there are many more magnificent trees in the world (for instance, see the List of Famous Trees [wiki]). If you have any addition of noteworthy tree (and stories about trees), please leave it in the comment section.

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351 comments to "10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World."

poor spellor
March 21st, 2007 at 1:59 am
Although your list may not be complete it is magnificant! keep 'em coming!!
Search Engine WEB
March 21st, 2007 at 2:22 am
This is breathtaking, will immediately submit it to several social bookmarking sites to share with as many as possible
Dan
March 21st, 2007 at 2:33 am
Fascinating post!
spinthelights
March 21st, 2007 at 3:07 am
In keeping with #3 - the massive banyan in the town square at Lahaina, Maui, though I think it's only 130 years old or so. Still, it has flourished there and must be one of the most incredible trees I've ever seen....

And of course the old Ponderosa Pine in our back yard my dad built a fort in.
Charlie
March 21st, 2007 at 3:22 am
Definately very cool and thanks for doing it, but 5/10 of the "World's Most Magnificent Trees" in California? Maybe a bit of a bias, there. But still, thanks and good work.
Steve Clackson
March 21st, 2007 at 4:33 am
What a wonderful post and absolutely fascinating!
Stiffrook
March 21st, 2007 at 5:10 am
A really great article, thank you.
birdboot
March 21st, 2007 at 5:15 am
Brilliant. I love that quaking aspen. For single large trees, Red Tingle trees (Eucalyptus Jacksonii) are pretty amazing too. They're only found in the Walpole-Nornalup National Park in the southwest of Western Australia. Apparently they are the largest based of all the eucalypts, with a girth of up to 26 metres. They grow up to 75 metres tall and live to well over 400 years old. http://www.southernforests.com.au/product/listing.asp?id=72
Amy
March 21st, 2007 at 5:25 am
What about those giant trees on Yakushima Island in Japan?
Runa
March 21st, 2007 at 5:32 am
Great arboreal article. Very beautiful photos.
Ali
March 21st, 2007 at 6:13 am
That drunk driving story cracked me up...must've been some baaaaaaad moonshine for him to drive into a tree...in a barren field!!

:p
johnald
March 21st, 2007 at 6:17 am
it's known how to make the circus tree (look on the kircher society website).

also, i wouldnt say the pacific ocean as a background is more beautiful than the lone cypress (the ocean is just sploshing liquid - whereas the tree is a living thing!)

there's a quite famous tree near where i live, is supposedly where robin hood lived - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Oak
waschsalon
March 21st, 2007 at 7:11 am
thx for collecting those great images of really magnificent trees. anyway what I was missing are some of those majestic dark firs in black forest, germany.
Sri Lanka
March 21st, 2007 at 8:32 am
Nice list...

but Banyan Tree and Sri Maha Bodhi Tree is different.
last two pictures are of Sri Maha Bodhi Tree.
It's a tree that comes from a part of the original tree that Lord Budda attended enlightment.
Spike666c
March 21st, 2007 at 9:36 am
From Wikipedia:

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

Eucalyptus regnans is the tallest of all flowering plants, and possibly once the tallest of all plants. The tallest measured specimen is officially taken as 114.3 metres. The tree, Cornthwaite Tree or Thorpdale Tree, was first measured by theodolite in 1880. Next year it was felled and then measured by tape and there was close agreement. (Ken J. Simpfendorfer. "Big Trees in Victoria"). The stump commemorated with an insignificant plaque that exists today. The tree was about 1 metre shorter than the world's current tallest living tree, a Coast Redwood, 115.55 metres. The tallest specimens encountered by early European settlers are now dead as a result of bushfires, logging and advanced age. The tallest measured living specimen, Icarus Dream, was rediscovered in Tasmania in January, 2005 and is 97 metres high (Tasmanian Giant Trees Consultative Committee, ref. 1). It was first measured by surveyors at 98.8 metres in 1962 but the documentation had been lost. 15 living trees in Tasmania have been reliably measured in excess of 90 metres (Tasmanian Giant Trees Consultative Committee, ref. 3). Few living specimens in Victoria exceed 90 metres; old records of logged trees make varied claims of extreme heights, but these are difficult to verify today. The famous Ferguson Tree, a specimen in Victoria that fell after a bushfire, was measured by tape by a government surveyor, William Ferguson, on 21 February 1872, at 133 metres (436 feet), though this figure is not now generally accepted. Its crown had broken off and the diameter of the trunk at that point was still one metre, leading to claims that when it was intact the tree would have exceeded 150 metres (500 feet); this however presupposes that the break occurred in a hitherto undamaged tree. A more realistic scenario is of a shorter tree with several episodes of breakage and regrowth building up a stout stem without at any time attaining the claimed height.
cnx
March 21st, 2007 at 10:02 am
Sai Ngam, another amazing tree (ONE tree spanning 15,000 sqm or 49,200 sq ft!) in Phimai, close to where I've lived for a few years in Isaan, the north eastern part of Thailand. There are also wonderful ancient Khmer temples similar (yet smaller) to Angkor Wat.

(text and images from http://www.blurrytravel.com/sea2003/journal/01282003/01282003.html, browse down to Sai Ngam) or search Sai Ngam:

"One of the unexpected delights of Phimai was a visit to the nearby Sai Ngam (meaning "Beautiful Banyan"), Thailand's oldest and largest banyan tree. Sai Ngam covers 15,000 square meters (49,200 square feet). At first glance, it looks like a collection of many trees, but on closer inspection, you realize that each "tree" is in fact connected, creating one massive banyan tree. This tree is so large that it has become a popular picnic spot for Thais and a small temple has even been built within its complex system of branches."
cnx
March 21st, 2007 at 10:06 am
sorry, link doesn't work because of the comma at the end, try this one: http://www.blurrytravel.com/sea2003/journal/01282003/01282003.html
maps
March 21st, 2007 at 11:36 am
and another giant, ancient tree near where i live:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Oak
CB
March 21st, 2007 at 12:15 pm
I first remember the lone cypress in Monterey from the Monterey Home Videos logo before various Grateful Dead movies.

http://www.montereymedia.com
brazilian
March 21st, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Unfortunately I couldn't find a lot of information about it on the Internet, but in Brazil we have the world's largest Cashew ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashew ), which is a single tree that covers a 7500m2 area.

http://www.natal-brazil.com/portugues/entretenimentos/cajueiro-pirangi .html

Check the last picture in the page. That huge green area? That's one single tree.
Dizzley
March 21st, 2007 at 12:59 pm
A fascinating entry which I will link from my blog at http://madworldblog.tk

Don't forget the Fortingall Yew which is not spectacular to view now after decay and vandalism (souvenir trade), but it is magnificent to comprehend it as the oldest tree in Europe - conservatively aged at 2000 years. It once had a girth of 52 feet. One thing in this tree's favour is that it is relatively easy to access via road.
ninomu
March 21st, 2007 at 1:15 pm
In Canary Islands (Spain):

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

There is one in "Icod de los Vinos" that is called the millenary Draco, but it's *only* about 650 years old
General Townsend
March 21st, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Speaking of old growth, I wonder what Europe's last primevil forests have for old trees, like Bialowieza National Park. Not too far from there I think is Bartek, an oak, which has an interesting history.
Jacob
March 21st, 2007 at 1:16 pm
The Tule tree is truly spectacular in person. Those pictures you posted don't do it justice.
BillyG
March 21st, 2007 at 2:02 pm
The 'Angel Oak' tree from back home dates back 1400 years.

Nice collection.

http://www.angeloaktree.org/angel17.jpg
Joshua Powell
March 21st, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Do you HAVE to include the entire post in the RSS feed? When they're this large it is a pain in the tooshy.
roy
March 21st, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Seriously... how do you hit a tree in a desert?1?!? You almost have to be trying, but even then.... cmon!
Shashank
March 21st, 2007 at 2:50 pm
There is a tree called 'Timmamma marrimaanu" literally translated to Timamma's banyan tree. it is supposed to be largest banyan tree ever. If you are interested i will try to find out a few pictures and more details about it.
Thanks,
Shashank
March 21st, 2007 at 2:56 pm
"Thimamma Marri Maru, the largest banyan tree in the world covering over 5 acres. It is easily accessible from Ananthapur, and is located in Gootybailu village near Kadiri. The tree is named after Thimamma, believed to be a local saintly woman."

That is in Andhra Pradesh, India. Sorry I couldn't find the pictures off hand. i will try to post them
Sabrina
March 21st, 2007 at 3:32 pm
i have visited the tree that owns itself. it's in a very shaded, quaint area of athens, and it's quite amusing to see it here.
XtermPest
March 21st, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Absolutely amazing!
eric
March 21st, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Where's the Treaty OAK??????????????????

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_Oak,_Austin
jeremy
March 21st, 2007 at 4:11 pm
if you're gonna talk famous trees i think you cannot forget about Major Oak in Sherwood Forest England which is purportedly the tree that Robin Hood and his merry men would hide in.

http://www.eyemead.com/majoroak.htm
Ahmad Lafi
March 21st, 2007 at 4:15 pm
Wonderful. I never thought such trees exist!
Omar
March 21st, 2007 at 4:21 pm
What about the Cedar of Lebanon its on the lebanese flag and its a beautiful tree
bryan saxton
March 21st, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Hi. I really enjoyed your photo piece on the 10 Most Magnificent Trees. I hope you'll visit my blog and see the photo I took of another interesting tree during a visit to Bryce Canyon National Park in the US state of Utah.

Kind regards,

Bryan
kiwitree
March 21st, 2007 at 4:32 pm
The New Zealand kauri tree is very impressive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathis
Teacher
March 21st, 2007 at 4:57 pm
I loved your list and the photos were beautiful.

However, it would have been nice if the information was free of spelling and grammatical errors.

Thank you.
Easton Ellsworth
March 21st, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Came 'cuz the headline, stayed for the pics and stories. Great stuff here!
v.dog
March 21st, 2007 at 5:17 pm
And then there was the tree on One Tree Hill
Alex
March 21st, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Thank you for the suggestion of Major Oak - that's definitely one amazing tree! The agathis isn't bad either... Please keep the suggestions coming!

Joshua Powell - sorry, I don't use RSS much so I don't know how it works for you. Your complaint is actually the first I've received for long articles (there had been many on Neatorama).

Sri Lanka - Bo tree is a species of banyan.

Teacher - thank you. I'm a bad spelor and even am worsening a grammarian. If you point out the mistakes, I'll be happy to edit the post.
Matt
March 21st, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Native Americans used to shape Spruce trees in the north west to eventually hold canoes with their dead.

Link
the original Mike
March 21st, 2007 at 6:18 pm
There was a tree in Tracy, MN that looked like a giant had taken it and wringed all the sap out of it. It was left in it's mangled state after an F5 tornado pounded Tracy, resulting in a lot of devestation and 11 people dead. It stood as a monument for several years until it rotted away, and then was replaced by a steel sculpture that mimicked it's twisted form. It's kind of a city landmark
Charles
March 21st, 2007 at 6:18 pm
Nice,,belive in trees,live in peace
dogu4
March 21st, 2007 at 6:33 pm
I was interested to see you told the basic story of the Prometheus bristlecone tree in Great Basin National Park, Nevada. There is a bit of local story that one might find interesting. The forest service sawyer who "sectioned" the tree died of heart attack on his return back down from the cirque in which the tree was growing. He complained of heartburn due to his wife's spicey spaghetti sauce. The date of approximately 5,000 years was achieved by counting tree's nearly microscopic rings from the center but there is speculation that the original center of the tree had actually eroded away (not unheard of in this species when it grows exposed to the abrasive load of grit and snow carried in the winds)leaving the dendrochronologists to estimate the date conservatively. It is a beautiful place, Great Basin in general and Wheeler Peak's glacial cirque in particular. Summers are cool there up above the basin, and the crowds associated with westeren parks in the summer are very rare. Well worth the visit.
Austin
March 21st, 2007 at 7:00 pm
You Should Of put in The Huge ass tree in Santa Barbara Claifornia that was that planted over 100 years ago and now is a landmark
Chris
March 21st, 2007 at 7:07 pm
I would check out SUNY Geneseo's "Seuss Spruce" for a memorable tree. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_University_of_New_York_at_Geneseo#T he_Seuss_Spruce
brian
March 21st, 2007 at 7:14 pm
wow, great collection! i love those photos
Trevor Lowing
March 21st, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Copper Canyon, Mexico:

http://lowing.org/mexico/IMG_4711.JPG

Batopilas, Shepherd's Castle, Silver Canyon Mexico:

http://lowing.org/mexico/IMG_0624.JPG

Tree of Life, Bahrain:

http://k43.pbase.com/u37/bmcmorrow/upload/32346375.bahrain470.JPG
Mark
March 21st, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Fantastic collection,but a true list would have to include the mighty Tane Mahuta (Kauri Tree)here in our beloved New Zealand .
Mark
March 21st, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Check it out here http://www.waipoua.org.nz/kauri.htm
hi
March 21st, 2007 at 7:59 pm
According to my Lonely Planet Hiking in Japan book, the largest of the giant cedar trees on Yakushima Island is reportedly 7,200 years old and has a girth of 28 meters.
James
March 21st, 2007 at 8:33 pm
did anyone notice the conversion mistake on number 7? 379 feet = 115 meters, not 155.

other than that, great post.
Brad
March 21st, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Why so many trees from the US? There are many magnificent hardward forests in Australia that are hard to match, especially in Tasmania.
jerry
March 21st, 2007 at 9:24 pm
Very nice. But, you need to include the Cedars from Lebanon!
Alex
March 21st, 2007 at 9:32 pm
Thanks James - I've corrected the error.
Steve
March 21st, 2007 at 10:09 pm
You shouldn't use 'wiki' as an abbreviation for Wikipedia. If you want to abbreviate it, use "WP".

Also, the credit for images found on Wikipedia does not belong to "Wikipedia" - it belongs to the individual photographer. You can find who to credit by clicking on the photo. Thanks.
Hip Hop
March 21st, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Wow those are really amazing trees !!
William
March 21st, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Very nice collection of tree pictures. I am partial to the bamboo forests on the bank of the chattahoochie river near my place, and the giant sequoias in the pacific northwest. I wish I could visit all these places.
Ranger X
March 21st, 2007 at 11:37 pm
"Thatâ€™s not all thatâ€™s amazing about the Coast Redwood: there are four giant California redwoods big enough that you can drive your car through them!"

Would you drive your car through the Sistine Chapel? No! Why? Because it's sacred! Redwoods are (should be) sacred, too. Drive-through trees are a desecration and shouldn't be celebrated.

Tourists drove to Sequoia National Park looking through a drive-through tree, and when we don't them there wasn't one, they freaked out and exclaimed, "We came all this way for nothing!"

They sure did.
Monmorbet
March 21st, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Thanks for the great collection of trees. Here's one from our neck of the woods (HA!)

The "Seven Sisters Oak" in Lewisberg, Louisiana is believed to be approx. 1,500 years old and has a girth of over 38 feet. It's also president of the Live Oak Society. You can learn more here:
http://www.louisianagardenclubs.org/pages/oak.htm
Alex
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:13 am
Chris - Thanks for the Seuss Spruce suggestion. That is awesome!

Steve - I think it's clearer to use "wiki" to denote wikipedia than "WP". I've corrected some of the image credits which I found on Wikipedia - a couple came with user info and credit (in the file history), some did not.

Ranger X - the hole-cutting of the drive-thru trees was done a loooong time ago. Although of course I do not advocate cutting one now, these trees are part of the attractions of the national parks. Your visitor must have been thinking of the Wawona Tree.
Sleestak
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:23 am
if memory serves, the Cypress tree in Montery was the subject of a copyright lawsuit some years ago. A company that used a stylized silhouette of the tree as their logo decided they owned all versions of images of the tree and went after photographers who sold the picture of the tree to publishers for use in postcards and books.
Lio
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:26 am
I never gave as much importance for trees but now I realize how significant they really are. They are living things like us humans, and they help us live, we should helped them back. I'm very sad about the oldest tree and the most isolated tree, they should have lived forever. Mabuhay ang mga puno!
Ronald Reagan
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:39 am
"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." -- Ronald Reagan, 1981

"A tree is a tree. How many more do you have to look at?" -- Ronald Reagan, 1966, opposing expansion of Redwood National Park as governor of California
marklen
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:42 am
Thank you, you have made my day. Absolutely inspiring.
John.mcdonald
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:00 am
There is also the Burmis Tree in Alberta Canada, I took A Photo of it this summer.
here ya go!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmcdonald/230700181/
Sushmita Nanivadekar
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:14 am
Simply one word to describe it "FANTASTIC". Keep up the good work..
Alex
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:38 am
Thank you for all the kinds words, guys!
Reto
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:52 am
A pretty nice one - mainly the age of 500 to 600 years is impressiv - is the lime tree of Linn (Switzerland):

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Linde_von_linn.jpg
Samleigh
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:43 am
If you liked this check out "Meetings With Remarkable Trees" by Thomas Pakenham (Cassell Paperbacks ISBN 1-84188-086-8). 60 stunning trees located in the British Isles. Well worth a look Keep up the good work
Manjusri Jayasekara
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:15 am
Extreamly Beautiful
olga
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:32 am
Awesome!!! Great collection. Some of them look so unreal! Nature creates such things which a man will never be able to invent.
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Michael in OZ
March 22nd, 2007 at 8:49 am
The oldest tree, perhaps the oldest living thing, lives in Tasmania
http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v17/i3/living_tree.asp

On a wild Tasmanian mountain there is a magnificent, recently discovered stand of Huon pine trees that has been called the world's 'oldest known living organism'. Newspaper reports have claimed that what looks like hundreds of trees densely covering one hectare (2.5 acres), is all part of the one tree, since all these 'trees' appear to have identical DNA. Over the years, it is believed, 'snow has forced its branches to the ground, where they have taken root'. (The Sydney Morning Herald, January 28, 1995, page 1.)
Keith
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:41 am
"Even if you have never heard of a Banyan tree (it was the tree used by Robinson Crusoe for his treehouse)"

I just finished reading Robinson Crusoe (today), and I don't think he made a treehouse. He made a cave! In The Swiss Family Robinson the family makes a treehouse. Perhaps you are thinking of them?
Tomasi^
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:56 am
Nice trees:D
Domester.NET
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:00 am
Amazing , I never see trees like this.
Ankur
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:13 am
Amazing, Informational and Thoroghly Refereshing!!
These show art of the nature at its best...
nickrjsmith
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:20 am
There is one tree/organism tha it older than all these..

In Tasmania Australia there is a tree cannled the Tasmanian Huon pine tree.

It is reported by some to be around 10,000 years old.... (although the individual may only be 3,000 years old)

just thought you may like to know
Ken
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:31 am
If trees is what you like, then check out this unusual Cashew Tree in Brazil:

http://www.natal-brazil.com/entertainment/cashew-tree.html
Joanne Hunter
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Wonderful. I would add a second vote for the Banyon Tree in Lahaina on Maui. If I remember correctly, it takes up a whole city block.
Jaime
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Check out the Ceiba tree in Ponce, Puerto Rico:

http://www.treklens.com/gallery/North_America/United_States/Other/phot o94982.htm

I grew up not too far from it.
D.T.Sr.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:49 pm
The Arizona White Oak is possibly a million years old and grows in the historic oasis known today as Hueco Tanks State Historic Site 32 miles east of El Paso. The Arizona White Oak does not grow anywhere in the desert terrain outside of the 800 acre park.
Canarian
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:38 pm
You forget Canarian Drago, millenarian tree of Canarian Island in spain.

http://recursos.cnice.mec.es/bancoimagenes2/buscador/imagen.php?idimag en=3892&zona=mat&nivel1=95&start=17680

http://www.rinconcitocanario.com/plantas/pag6/drago.htm
Peter
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:13 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tane_Mahuta

http://www.championtrees.org/champions/kauriNZ.htm

The world's largest rainforest tree, Tane Mahuta stands guard over Waipoua and has become an icon of New Zealand's unique natural heritage. At the time of Christ, Tane Mahuta was already a mature tree. It had seen 1000 years of history before man colonised New Zealand, the last major land mass to be inhabited by humans. It knew the ancient world of the moa, giant eagle and huia.

Awesome, and if you drive from the north, as you approach it, it toweres above everything else.
Vicent
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Colection links of Magnificent Trees in Spain.

http://www.cuervoblanco.com/arboles_monumentales.html
Tina
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:37 pm
WOW...This was breathtakingly awesome. Wouldn't it be great to take a trip designed specifically to see these trees?!
Mike
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:22 pm
We have a tree near us that is supposedly over 600 years old, but that doesn't seem much compared to some of these!

http://www.stephanieblakey.me.uk/alphabets/trees.html
Big Dreams
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Nice trees. In Vancouver we lost a lot of trees to storms this winter.
marion
March 22nd, 2007 at 5:43 pm
WONDERFULLY INTERESTING & INFORMATIVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH M.S
hannah
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Amazing.

I appreciate the time and effort your took in this post. Thanks.
Tom p
March 22nd, 2007 at 8:00 pm
the wonders of nature
Fuzz
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:16 pm
I think it's a fantastic list. I usually use the internet for pornography, but reading this list left me just a tumescent, especially upon being surprised that Boab trees are indeed the most magnificent - I am from Western Australia and I can tell you the Boab's up north are unreal. Especially the big jail one where they used to put brown people for being naughty.
Pepper Lim
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:18 pm
What a terrific job you have done. Must have taken you quite some time to acquire all the photos!

Hope you will update the site constantly with new and amazing trees.

Your friend in Malaysia,
Pepper Lim
Tharanga Wijethilake
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Great work. But have to do a correction. Sri maha bodhiya is not a Banyan tree. It is called "Bo" in Sinhala. Banyan tree is "Nuga" in Sinhala.

Tharanga Wijethilake
KathleenAkua
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:34 pm
THANK YOU!!!! I LOVE these AWESOME trees!!! I've been a tree lover for over half a century, since a Grandpa told me of their greatness. Now, I know that his ancestors grew "Ohio's Most Perfect Tree", a Maple in Pike County. It is still owned by family. Also, I've been around the USA & in 21 countries and have many wonderful trees!! I appreciate these photo reminders!! YES, keep them coming!!!
Peace,
AkuaKathleen
~The Angel Power Emporium~
picasso
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:00 am
Strange isn't it, how most of the 'world's' best of everything just happens always to be in the United States. Why is this?
ardwood
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:10 am
These are wonderful pix and tales. I am a woodworking teacher in Nebraska and a friend emailed me this link. I cannot beleive you have gotten such a large number of responses in two days. This shows you have put a great blog out there. One reply indicated that you are bias to California, not a problem with me because your posting will generate responses from all over the world and we will all benfit from the stories that come from them in spite of what picasso says. We are all proud of our little part of the world. Everyone please share and email a friend on the other side of the globe. Everyone interested in trees and local history should bookmark this blog and set up the RSS feed to keep updated and informed.
~bc
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:21 am
I really appreciate your post. But I must say, I'm a little depressed now after reading the story of the Tree of TÃ©nÃ©rÃ© and the Prometheus Tree, both killed by the stupidity of humans.

I think this topic could create an interesting blog of it's own: a blog of incredible trees.
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Fabio
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:50 am
They are incredible !!!
ricciffar
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:54 am
Did the lonely tree really die?
He is no more in the middle of the desert maybe.
but he is alive in a museum (in bamako?)
tree lover
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:41 am
This is an awesome Live Oak tree as well:

http://www.ftdrumgrowers.com/angel%20oak.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Oak
Tom
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:59 am
I would also recommend taking a look at the Ceiba trees located in much of the lowland subtropical and tropical regions of Central and South America. The Mayans in Guatemala revered La Ceiba as tree that possessed connection with the underworld through it's roots, the living world through it's trunk and the afterlife with it branches reaching the skies.
Another beautiful tree is the Alerce which is the second tallest tree in the world and is in the same family as the Redwoods. They are found in southern Chile, but are in danger of extinction because of harvesting practices.
Liz Smith
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:19 am
WOW! Thank you for brigtening my raining day here in PA! I enjoyed the pics as well as the education...i sent this to my son's school, as well as several of my friends.....MSN should do something like this instead of "Brittany Spears' Rehab Issues" and "How To Get Better Buns for Summer"!!!!
JM
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:57 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wollemia

Comparison with living and fossilised Araucariaceae proved that it was a member of that family, and it was placed into a new genus with the other extant genera Agathis and Araucaria. Fossils resembling Wollemia and possibly related to it are widespread in Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica, but Wollemia nobilis is the sole living member of its genus. The last known fossils of the genus date from approximately 2 million years ago.[3] It is thus described as a living fossil, or alternatively, a Lazarus taxon.
Fewer than a hundred trees are known to be growing wild, in three localities not far apart. Genetic testing has revealed that all the specimens are genetically indistinguishable, suggesting that the species has been through a genetic bottleneck in which its population became so low (possibly just one or two individuals) that all genetic variability was lost.
In November of 2005, wild-growing trees were found to be infected with Phytophthora cinnamomi. New South Wales park rangers believe the virulent fungus was introduced by unauthorised visitors to the site, whose location is still undisclosed to the public.
JM
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:04 pm
More on the Wollemi Pine:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/6201616.stm

"About 15,000 Wollemi Pine - a tree once thought to have become extinct more than two million years ago - are thriving in a greenhouse in Cornwall. The trees, which were discovered at a secret location near Sydney in 1994, are now being grown at Kernock Park Plants nursery in Saltash."

""They are the crown jewels of the botanical world,"
Spooky
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:39 pm
WOW! Havwe seen the methuselah bristlecone years ago. Quite awesome. How long to eucalyptus live? I have a very large old one in my yard and am curious. California's WHite Mountains area id amazing, maybe that's why so many of your selection are in California?
Thanks for the nifty website.
skumur
March 23rd, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Love & respect.
One of the best sites on the net!
Stan staz
March 23rd, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Unique,Bizarre. Yes! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Jamie
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:14 pm
I recall (incorrectly perhaps) an old National Geographic magazine that my parents had which on the back cover (inside i believe) had a old black and white picture taken from China with an absolutely enormous tree in the background an a car dwarfed in the foreground ( I think it was a model t or similar) I haven't been able to find that picture online, but if anyone has an extensive collection, the NG magazine was from the 80's. Maybe my memory isn't 100%
Paul
March 24th, 2007 at 2:05 am
2 photos taken in 1978 of trees.
http://www.accentpictureframe.com/photographs.html
Jenni Ibrahim
March 24th, 2007 at 2:40 am
For me nothing can beat the Karri tree, a variety of Eucalyptus which grows in Western Australia. This link shows the Boranup forest. When visited early morning or late afternoon this forest looks like fairies and goblins will appear from behind the trees.

http://www.pbase.com/mdejong/image/27530068
Justin
March 24th, 2007 at 6:19 am
Why not check out the largest bald cypress tree in the USA. The Senator in Longwood/Lake Mary FL, just outside of Orlando.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator_(tree)
Alvaro
March 24th, 2007 at 6:47 am
Nice post, very interesting.
Shamone
March 24th, 2007 at 8:32 am
Very sad about the lonely tree, idiot who drove into it must feel extremely ashamed. Love the son of the tree that owns itself.
Leslie
March 24th, 2007 at 8:43 am
So beautiful! My parents always talked about driving through the tree on their honeymoon...and the baobab reminds me of "Le Petit Prince." Thank you!
Jimmis
March 24th, 2007 at 9:43 am
The last bonus tree is hilarious! I can't believe someone could drive straight into the only tree for 250 miles. Its like you'd have to be aiming to hit it!
bhupen
March 24th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
amazing, amazing and amazing! would like to climb some of those someday!
TaKoN
March 24th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
lol.
iflah
March 24th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
woah. i am amazed. man, wish they taught this in Geog! better than learning the water cycle. heheh lol. the world is full of beautiful things... thanks for sharing this!
Trisha
March 24th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
I recently discovered a website about a grove of trees in Wollemi Park in Australia. The trees are being called Wollemi Pine. Scientists belived it was a new species until an historical botanist (dont know the proffesions name) recognized the branch and leaf samples as a member of the Araucariaceae family. This tree was thought to have gone extinct 65 million years ago! Believed to have a root system similar to the quaking aspen this particular plant (less than one hundred trees) may have had its leaves chewed by dinosaurs! A truly phenomenol bit of survival. I think this tree deserves recognition in your honoured list.

http://www.wollemipine.com
Wahine
March 24th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
There is also the giant kauri tree 'Tane Mahuta' in New Zealand. Many hundreds of years old.
CT
March 24th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Got to give props to the unique dragon's blood trees of Socotra, Yemen.
Cony
March 24th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
wow they're amazing but you forgot 1 tree the chilean araucaria it only grows in south america and it last 1000 years
Neha
March 25th, 2007 at 6:19 am
made for very interesting reading. keep it goin
Tamara ( from Scotland)
March 25th, 2007 at 11:30 am
worthy of a mention- strangler fig trees!!!
(especially -cathedral fig) of tropical north queensland
ejay
March 25th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Well done Alex! Keep up the splendid work.
eleanorfabiapang
March 25th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Really enjoyed reading all this and sending it on to all the tree people I know, so they can add to it. Keep it going.
Susan
March 25th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
LOL, I live in Athens. The tree that owns itself is something I drive by on a regular basis. I never thought it would end up on a website with some of the most magnificent trees in the world. Thanks for featuring it!!
bob
March 26th, 2007 at 1:15 am
tree-mendous
axxl
March 26th, 2007 at 2:45 am
HARDIMITZN!!!!!!!
dali
March 26th, 2007 at 4:21 am
i love this post, luuurve trees.

i love banyan trees! in singapore/malaysia, they are rife with superstitious tales of spirits who "own" those trees. especially if they're legless ladies in red with long hair.
ol'skull
March 26th, 2007 at 7:57 am
look tree,not like you!
Courtneay
March 26th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
I must be getting sappy as I age, but it broke my heart to hear of the "lone tree" that was mowed down by a drunk and the 4000 year old tree that was cut down so someone could see how old it was. It saddens and sickens me that we destroy so easily and most of us just shrug and say "oh well" or even laugh. Life should be more precious than that...any life, not just that of humans. So, go ahead and call me a tree hugger. I guess I'd rather be hugging trees than dealing with the idiots who detroy them!
cathy
March 26th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
I saw this tree as a young girl growing up in Indiana. Not something you see everyday but I don't know if it's as interesting as your original list.
Kelley
March 27th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Very Cool!
Sandi
March 27th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
I am forwarding this onto my grandchildren. I hope they will enjoy this as much as I did.
Jorge Vismara
March 27th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Just arrived from Cambodia and made several nice panoramas of those incredible trees at Angkor... not only Ta Prohn but also at Ta Som

check this one at Ta Prohn: http://www.jorgevismara.net/ce/2007/0121panos/2007jan24-563-ptg.htm

and this one at Ta Som
http://jorgevismara.net/ce/2007/0121preahkhanbest/2007jan24-395.htm
Patricia
March 27th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Beautiful! I am sending this to all of my friends.
scarlett
March 29th, 2007 at 9:23 am
I cant believe i got SO bored at work that i started looking at this tree huggers site!!!

Ur all weirdo's! get a girl!!!boooo
MoishB
March 29th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Wonderful post- I lived in "redwood country" for 17 years and have a special spot in my heart for the great sequoias.

traveled to Northern China recently and saw this:
[IMG]http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l172/chinkjew/China2006/IMG_154 4.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l172/chinkjew/China2006/IMG_964 8.jpg[/IMG]

a 5000 year old tree in the legendary Shaolin temple.
Was too awestruck to remember the species or many details, other than the approx. age- any help from anyone?

enjoy, and thanks again!
MoishB
March 29th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Sorry- here's a direct link
MoishB
March 29th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
oops- let's try this one more time...

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l172/chinkjew/China2006/IMG_1544.jpg

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l172/chinkjew/China2006/IMG_9648.jpg
JEFFREY
March 29th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
A great fig tree in Santa Barbara...a must see if you ever get the chance. The exposed roots are amazing but the overall balance of the tree is also exceptional.
JEFFREY
March 29th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
http://edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?id=853
MicheleH
March 29th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Excellent pictures and comments by all. very beautiful. I have shared with many as well
Jan
March 29th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Just thought I'd mention that there is another tree that owns itself in Oxford, Georgia.....If I remember correctly, its called "The Yarbrough Oak".

Really enjoyed the photos and the info....
Raja
March 29th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
truly amazing........
nirav
March 30th, 2007 at 3:15 am
inexplicable nature!!
great information.
Amit
March 30th, 2007 at 4:12 am
Awesome post.
kYmE
March 30th, 2007 at 6:15 am
Thank You...

Hugs to u and to all those trees.
Misa
March 30th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
I remember visiting this Banyan tree on a school trip in India. Trying to search about it online, the only references I found were these.
http://www.india9.com/i9show/Kabirvad-79156.htm
According to this link it's supposed to cover 3.7 acres.
Some pictures,
http://www.jdroche.com/index.php?id_lang=1&page=detail&idProdDet=117&n avId=4&PHPSESSID=980c10b609d3cc9cb611d2cf184c09b1
It's ironic that the only pictures I found were on a site written in spanish.
Becky
March 31st, 2007 at 1:12 am
Hi, We grow tree people and living tree chairs and tables . Have a look at our site. At http://www.pooktre.com.
Great photos.
ANDREA
April 1st, 2007 at 5:09 am
vielen dank fÃ¼r diese wunderschÃ¶nen launen der natur und was der mensch teilweise daraus macht. ich finde die bilder einfach einzigartig.
Bruce
April 1st, 2007 at 10:30 am
Ä° just couldn't stop ... a great post. thanks
ralph
April 1st, 2007 at 3:59 pm
No New Orleans Oaks?? City Park in N.O has the largest number of ancient oaks in the U.S - magnificanly bent and shaped.
Alpha e Ether
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:25 am
Cada arvore medonha e interessante
Adriana
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Que hermosisimos arboles!!! Jamas habia visto algo tan IMPACTANTE.......CUIDEMOS A LOS ARBOLES.
Arturo
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:27 pm
I agree with Miss Adriana.
The photos are incredible.
Almost as incrdible as she is.
Kanti Khanna
April 4th, 2007 at 11:45 am
The wonders of nature never cease to marvel as seen in the collection of trees. Thanks for sharing these lovely specimens with us.

These should be well publicised.
Otto
April 8th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
How can someone drive his car onto a tree in a desert?
turtle
April 10th, 2007 at 4:37 am
The best tree by far is the one that has just been planted !
Benigno de Hoyos
April 10th, 2007 at 10:27 am
A tree that should have made a least honorable mention was "Jeffrey Pine" that sat at the top of Centinnel Dome in Yosemite National park. I had the privilege to see it in its grandeur in the 60's,
i felt such a loss when i saw it dried up due to severe drought a few years ago ... check out Ansel Adams pic of it ... & marvel!!!
Paul Lufay
April 10th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
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10 April 2007
Topkit
April 11th, 2007 at 4:41 am
One of the strangest trees I ever saw was a mistake!
A tree had been planted with a supporting stake. The tree had died, but the stake itself had taken root and was thriving.
Anjul
April 11th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
beautiful article....
Ernie White
April 11th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
The pictures were great! Wish I could see some of them
in person.
Steve
April 13th, 2007 at 10:52 am
The "seven sisters oak" is an amazing live oak (quercus virginiana) near New Orleans, LA. It is the largest of its kind in america. http://www.louisianagardenclubs.org/pages/oak.htm
lister
April 13th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
eStAbA cHeVEre eSoS PtoS
lori hudson
April 14th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
What a wonderful site. So many interesting and enjoyable subjects to explore.
Thank you.
Darbs
April 14th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Wonderful site...I've always been interested in strange and old trees.

I've photographed some of the oldest trees in Alberta. I'll post a link to this page to my Virtual Tourist web site.
sdee
April 14th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
so amazing... have never seen anything like it. i wish i could personally go take a look at each and every one of them!!!
Energyrise
April 15th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Absolutely magnificent... Beyond imagination!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Linna
April 16th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Hi,

My name is Linna and I'm the editor and designer of Tempozine, an online zine (available at http://www.tempozine.com) focusing on environmental and social concerns. I found your article fascinating and would like to publish it in Tempozine's upcoming issue. Please contacted me if you're interested at the e-mail provided. Thanks for listening!
chelsea
April 16th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
I love trees too...I hope that they take the world over.
alex_g
April 16th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
I've seen 4 of these and they all took my breath away: General Sherman, the Chandelier Tree, the cypress at Monterey, and the banyan at Ta Prohm in Cambodia. Seems like it would be a good basis for planning trips.
Titania
April 17th, 2007 at 5:46 am
A lovely site with great pics. Inspiring, especially about the tree that owns itself. Spiritual tree books that may be of interest are "Magical Guardians" by Phillip Hesdon and "Meetings with Remarkable Trees" (Can't remember author offhand, sorry)

I wish the Prometheus tree was still standing. It's sadthat both he and The Lonely Tree of TÃ©nÃ©rÃ© were (and many others have been) killed by the stupidity and arrogance of humans. And they wonder why I'm anti-social. I'd rather hand out with trees anyday!

I love the pics of the lone Cypress tree and the lonely tree as well.

Titania
jo
April 18th, 2007 at 1:37 am
kool
thanks
evelyn
April 20th, 2007 at 2:30 am
THEY ARE THE MOST AMAZING EVIDENCE OF GOD'S MAJESTIC POWER AND EXCEEDING GLORY. PRAISES TO GOD THE FATHER IN HEAVEN!
Sunny
April 24th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Born and raised in California 71 years ago, I have been fortunate to have driven through the Wawona tree in yosemite, watched the lonely Cyprus grow in Monterey, actually slept in the huge Banyon tree in Lahina, HI, (Don't ask), and several times a year, drive through the glorious Pacific Redwoods while traveling back and forth from Oregon to visit our daughter in California.
Sunny
April 24th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Born in California 71 years ago, I am very fortunate to have driven through the Wawona Tree in yosemite ( I was age three), watched the Monterey Cyprus near Pebble Beach Drive in Monterey grow, Actually slept in the huge Banyon tree in Lahina, HI (Don't ask), and still drive through the Giant Pacific Redwood forests while traveling from Oregon to visit my daughter and son-in-law in California several times a year.
The house I grew up in was 100% Redwood. It was over 30 years old when I was born and is still standing and lived in today!
I feel blessed and very fortunate to have grown up here. I feel closer to the Earth than most.
Neil Rubenking
April 27th, 2007 at 9:47 am
The bristlecone pines at the Schulman Grove area are amazing, it's true, but you should've gone on to the Patriarch Grove over 12 miles of very bumpy dirt road and 1,000 feet higher (i.e. 11,000 feet). The Patriarch itself is the largest bristlecone anywhere, and it is HUUUUUGE. Very impressive. Hard to stay around it long, the extreme altitude was hard on the body (probably could have worked up to it).
Pal Lufaj
April 27th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
The trees are extraordinare! I never saw, but I have had similar ideas, and made an round arc to put pictures, few years ago.
Now is more encouraging to do different decoration.
Gilroy is not far and many people never new.

Thank to show in public

Paul
neutrino
April 30th, 2007 at 10:00 am
This is fantastic collection of fantastic photos.

Thank you for the effort - it was great scrolling through these pics ...
Susana
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:35 am
Absolutely fantastic!! Thank you for sharing!!
I'll post a link on my blog.
Shannon
May 4th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Love the trees, really do! Hate that humans killed the "lonely" tree, typical idiots. How come Bonsai tree's are not listed or did I miss that? Still bored though. hahaha
Bruce Sum
May 22nd, 2007 at 6:18 am
Spectacular Mother Nature's creation. Hope these images are not computer generated.
sagee
May 28th, 2007 at 1:55 am
ohhh....super
indianstar
May 28th, 2007 at 3:45 am
awesome...really incredible..i was almost dead seeing these....
James Bond
May 28th, 2007 at 3:53 am
cool man..hot stuff..in my house we "3 headed coconut tree"..will u believe that...thats all folks ....
neethu
May 28th, 2007 at 5:57 am
nithish
May 28th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
i got the information from paddipura,its great!
Haley Haynes
May 29th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Goodness, who was the idiot who gave permission for Prometheus to be cut down? May the fleas of a thousand camels find habitat in his arm pits.
Tiphanie
May 30th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
This is awesome. I think I want a couple of those in my garden.
L
May 30th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Fantastic!
Jimmmy
May 30th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
man. it's amazing. never see anything like it!!! wow:D
Tile
May 30th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
koj mi imat vo dvorov vlegveno da gi slikat ? sam ne ka se prijavit da ne go baram so policii
Dimo
May 30th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Mitanon vo dvoron pojaki imat slikano! ...
Luca Nonato
May 31st, 2007 at 8:02 am
Hi! Beautiful trees. Here's a couple of photos of a baobab i took in Krueger National Park (South Africa):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucanonato/265373910/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucanonato/265373721/

They're not as good as the photos above, but i guarantee that the tree is amazing...

Cheers!
Luca
Jithin
June 3rd, 2007 at 10:01 am
very nice and interesting
Jithu
June 3rd, 2007 at 10:07 am
It's really amazing
N.K.Vijayan
June 3rd, 2007 at 10:31 am
Wonderful.I never see trees like this
Walter
June 3rd, 2007 at 11:22 am
Great! Very beatuiful pictures.

Here you can see some other info about record breaking trees (tallest, thickest, oldest, ...):

http://users.telenet.be/sequoiadendron/en/california.html#sherman
Selim6xxx
June 10th, 2007 at 11:18 am
Very Good pictures....
Scott Mitchell
June 14th, 2007 at 3:35 am
This one makes sence "One's first step in wisdom is to kuesstion everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything."
Mirco
June 21st, 2007 at 11:16 pm
This is both a glorious and heartbreaking story of magnificent trees. On the one hand, the trees featured are all very interesting and diverse. However, a depressing trend emerges: that of human stupidity slowly whittling away at these trees. The buffoon of a researcher that cut down the world's oldest tree for example. The idiot that managed to crash into the only protrudance from the desert in hundreds of miles... shame. That said, it is to be noted that there is a wonderful revery of trees by humanity as well. The preservation features of the lone cypress, the watering efforts of the large girth tree, the holy nature of the oldest human-planted tree. I have mixed feelings about the church tree and the toilet tree, mind you. Meh. Trees. Lovem, hugem, plantem.
mnicic
June 26th, 2007 at 1:09 am
Beautiful photos.
NTN6
July 21st, 2007 at 6:19 am
if you want I've got a great pictur of a baobab contact me
Shar
July 23rd, 2007 at 8:14 pm
I love trees!!!! I've hugged a 6oo year old Ginko tree in Japan. Trees are amazing. Thanks sooo much for the photos they look beautiful, and given me a whole new list of places to visit and hug trees!

Much love & light to you all

S;-)
Leo
July 31st, 2007 at 4:33 am
no words to explain.... a new world opened to me
Mario
August 2nd, 2007 at 9:22 am
Good article, I spend a good time reading it. Excelent!!! Congratulations.
aliashrm
August 2nd, 2007 at 4:57 pm
thang q
sarchi
August 7th, 2007 at 3:11 am
thx for sharing
Teresa Goode
August 12th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Your page has generated a lot of interest from people!
macdanger
August 14th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
valley of the giants - south manitou island in lake michigan worlds largest northern white cedars, missed by loggers
Kitten
August 25th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
I had to giggle when I saw this page -- The trees are spectacular and I wish the list was longer. Then, lo and behold, when I get to Tree No. 1, it's not in Sri Lanka or Australia, but two blocks away. The Tree That Owns Itself is, in fact, not a legend, but a respected, tax-exempt property owner. It's generally respected so much that it's unvandalized, despite the throngs of drunk football fans who pass it annually. Thanks for putting Athens on the map without mentioning REM!
Cibiana
September 8th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Iloved these beautiful pictures. However I would love to see someone post the giant California Redwood.
Cibiana
September 8th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Whoops!! I went too fast while browsing these magnificent trees and entirely misses those glorious redwood trees already posted. A thousand pardons!!!
treehugger
September 8th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
If only we could hear the stories of what they have seen. Thank you for sharing.
onur
September 10th, 2007 at 7:11 am
pfff
extraordinary..
alexyee
September 19th, 2007 at 2:57 am
How about "Tree of Life" in Bahrain... I think that is a magnificent tree too...
syggestion
September 28th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
SAMAAN trees of the west indies
Boxboy
September 29th, 2007 at 1:38 am
Wow, I've been to many places and seen quite a few trees (Australia), But am yet to fathom a tree 370 feet tall!!
Mike
September 29th, 2007 at 2:48 am
This is great. I love it. A toilet built inside a tree in Zambia. Amazing!
Ara
October 3rd, 2007 at 7:49 am
I feel very lucky to have met & communicated with 4 of these beautiful specimens.
Sexy baby
October 10th, 2007 at 11:55 am
It's amazing what the nature can create. Now I know why Little Prince was so afraid about those baobabs.
Martin Mould
October 13th, 2007 at 11:40 am
The Red Creek Fir in Port Renfrew, BC, Canada is absolutely incredible. It is 41.5 ft in circumference and has a 14.5 ft diameter. This tree is estimated to be over 1000 years old and before the top broke off was approx. 320 ft tall. This tree has the largest volume of any fir known at 12,318 cubic ft.
john oak
October 17th, 2007 at 8:25 am
what are the oldest living tree in these places? china, korea, japan, taiwan, philippines?
Travis
November 1st, 2007 at 7:30 pm
wow, those are amazing places.... did you take those pics yourself? i want to go
Vivi =D
November 22nd, 2007 at 1:31 pm
hi!

bye=D
Ricky
November 23rd, 2007 at 12:31 pm
I can say just one thing: LOL....
sameera
November 28th, 2007 at 12:18 am
seeeeeeeeeeeee
YourMom
December 5th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Whats the point of putting trees on the net. People need to go out and see them for themselves. You are creating lazy stumblers. You bastards....
YARED
December 7th, 2007 at 3:02 am
DETAIL PHPOTOS THAT I WANT
SRINI
December 7th, 2007 at 6:14 am
Great collection! tnx 4 the world tour around trees.
Producers and directors of Indian films would love the list - so that they can send their film heroes and heroines running around these trees singing love songs!
The Sign Guy
December 27th, 2007 at 9:08 am
Awesome & Unique, I love it!
Edina
January 9th, 2008 at 7:43 am
nagyon gyonyoru kepek,es fak...foleg fak!!!nagyon tetszenek,egyepkent is szeretem a fakat!
tom
January 14th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
how about a 43000 year old tree ?

http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/veg/lomatia/lomatia.html
Masked Bandit
January 16th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Love those Giant Redwoods!
Jancy A. Morgan
January 28th, 2008 at 2:29 am
Hello!
What an incredible site and fantastic pictures - great job of compiling them all here for everyone to see!
I was just perusing the web for tree pics, like usual, ever since my husband and I wrote and illustrated our first children's book, which is about a very old hedge (Osage Orange) tree.
I would love to add a link to your site from our website - please let me know if that is all right with you.
This is AWESOME!
THANK YOU!!!!!
Jancy Morgan
co-author/illustrator
'If This Old Tree Could Talk To Me!'
Deena Shorkey
February 19th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
I came across your site as I was trying to figure out some background on an incredibly carved tree supposedly in South Africa. Someone sent me an email with 14 images of this magnificent tree, on which someone (or perhaps, some persons) carved an astounding menagerie around the trunk and massive limbs. It appears to be living quite nicely with it's carvings, and it is rather astounding to see. but, I have yet to determine WHERE this actually is, nor to have found any background on it at all (like, who did this, and, why?)
At any rate, your information on your list is quite enlightening, and it was enjoyable to read. I was already familiar with a number of them, but enjoyed learning of the others. Please email me if you would like me to forward pictures to you.
With Kind Regards,
Deena Shorkey
natalia
February 24th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
wonderfulllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Mr Kapoo
March 2nd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
This is a pretty old tree also. But inside of it is a bar. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_ article_id=503404&in_page_id=1811

This is a fantastic example of how spectacular nature can be.

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives
Stef
March 11th, 2008 at 8:06 am
i love the pictures and i love the way that they are made i would love to see some in other countrys but i just never have so its fasanating to look at love it.x
M. D. Vaden of Oregon
March 12th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Of the trees you listed, I think the Banyan tree growing roots over the old building is one of my favorite photos.

If you like big or unique trees, check the images of these coast redwood trees...

http://www.mdvaden.com/grove_of_titans.shtml

One thing about those coast redwood titans, is that their location is much more undisclosed than a lot of other popular trees.

The Baobab trees are quite remarkable.
Arnie
March 15th, 2008 at 4:14 am
Heel
March 15th, 2008 at 5:38 am
Hero
March 15th, 2008 at 10:00 am
vandana
March 17th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Very nice colection. I think every tree is a unique tree.
German
March 26th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
impresionantes algunos. saludos
hb_lopez
April 9th, 2008 at 10:11 am
just an amazing gift trom our sacred and powerfull mother... its just to beautefull and amazing the power and the sences of the above...more words???
nick tucci
May 7th, 2008 at 10:44 am
This is an amazing site! I really enjoyed looking at the pictures you posted and the write-ups you listed. My favorite tree is the Wye Oak in Maryland. Unfortunately it is no longer alive, it was my favorite tree to visit each year when I travel to the beach. Thanks, Nick T
TSSM
May 13th, 2008 at 7:20 am
Nice catelogue. Excellent work.

There are many such trees in India, One being the giant banyan tree in the Botanical Survey of India campus in Kolkata(Calcutta), the other being in Theosophical Society ,Chennai ( Madras). There is also an interesting Teak tree in Parambikulam wildlife Sanctuary(Kerala,South India) called the 'Kannimara' teak.
I have also seen a giant Terminalia arjuna tree in Melpattu village, whose trunk can hold across its perimeter, six pairs of outstretched hands.
Claude H. Van Zandt
May 25th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
The big tree park between Orlando and Sanford is the home of the worlds tallest and largest Bald Cypress. There are two more trees in the same area that reach lofty hiegts and volume. The Biggest tree is called The Senator, At one time it was 165' tall but the top was blown out by a hurracane, its smaller brother tree is just a stones throw away. after the last hurracanes came thru here a lot of trees in the grove were blown down. A board walk was built to the trees and now you have a clear view of both of these Giants. The park is on 17-92 between Orlando and Sanford its well marked with large signs. Now for the suprize there may be a larger tree further back in the marsh to the north. A large cypress's limbes are seen now the the oaks and maples were blown down. This tree looks to be 400-500 yards back to the north. The angle to the top looks to be 15-20% from the viewable spot on the boardwalk. DO THE MATH!
Jon Jason
May 26th, 2008 at 2:56 am
I have always loved trees. They are one of natures most beautiful works of art with no two trees the same.
GUADALUPE
May 27th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Hello, I not speak Inglish, good pictures..... me gusto muchisimo la selleccion de estos arboles son hermosas las imajenes que compartes, buen trabajo me gusto mucho.

Saludos......
steven
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:22 am
I took this self photo in Wamba Kenya, August 1975 walking towards a baobab. Earlier in the day we saw a white rhino pair in the wild. I wandered from the vehicles as we were loading up in that morning to photograph wild boar. I had no idea the danger I put myself into until years later, my 16th birthday was that week.

There was a herd of Zebra walking in tall grass through a huge cedar grove. They ran and I ran with them to get the other photo. The camp cooked with cedar, the biscuits tasted of cedar.

........ tried to post a photo, but....
Dantreeguy
June 10th, 2008 at 8:23 am
This is an interesting post and the trees included are quite interesting but the selection is lacking some of the truly magnificent trees. The Banyan trees included in the images are actually quite small as far as Banyans go. Circus trees are not realy single trees but rather multiple trees that have been "woven" together. Also the Baobab images are missing some of the largest specimens. For an alternate list of the most magnificent trees check out this link...

http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/06/12-most-magnificent-tre es-in-world.html
TreeDan
June 10th, 2008 at 8:44 am
For another list of Magnificent trees check out this link...

http://ten-thousand-trees.blogspot.com/2008/06/12-most-magnificent-tre es-in-world.html
Yuriko Brimm
June 20th, 2008 at 3:17 am
I nominate The Old Veteran Tree of Pt. Lobos, California. It has been hanging on magnificently since the '06 San Francisco Earthquake caused the hillside under it to break away. It is much more magestic than the Lone Cypress which has more PR as the symbol of the Del Monte Development Corporation. And the Old Veteran isn't being held up by cables as is the Lone Cypress.

Here's a picture from the net:

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2054149010057121802mrbEhD
Judy
June 26th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Awesome! Thanks for posting the trees and information.
sulaiman
June 29th, 2008 at 5:07 am
HI,
A VERY WONDERFUL SUBJECT INDEED.
THANK YOU FOR SUCH EFFORTS
sulaiman
June 29th, 2008 at 5:08 am
HI,
A VERY WONDERFUL SUBJECT INDEED.
THANK YOU FOR SUCH EFFORTS
APOLOGIZE REPUPLISHING SOME OF THEM
PLEASE
CARLOS
July 7th, 2008 at 2:14 am
PLEASE, PUBLISH ANY PICTURE ABOUT TREE ENCOUNTERED IN DIELDRECHT, BELGIUM, OVER THE HERTOGENSTRAAT AND OUD ARENBERGSTRAAT CROSSROAD... THIS IS A VERY CURIOUS TREE, AND IT APPEARS IN A COVER OF A CD BOOKLET OF A TRIP-HOP GROUP CALLED "HOOVERPHONIC"

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Katalog
July 9th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
super foto
B.Coster
July 21st, 2008 at 12:55 pm
July, 21 - 2008

Nice tree pictures.
It is pity you did not mentioned the
latin names of these trees.
sabrina
July 29th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
i just wanted to leave another thank you for publishing this article. i am going on a roadtrip with my friend, down from philadelphia to the south. i have always loved trees of every kind, and wanted to incorporate them into my trip. thanks to you and some of the comments, i have 6 or so more stops!

so thank you, because this article isn't for lazy stubblers. its for people to get up and see it themselves, which i will happily get to do!

thanks!
ansar
August 16th, 2008 at 3:02 am
nice job
Zed
September 4th, 2008 at 1:07 am
Wow, This is one of the great sites we have Stumbled on.
Each of the trees you have featured is special in its own way.
The circus trees may be somewhat man made but, You have to appreciate the time and imagination of the growers.
The Banyan is just plane cool with its roots reaching down to the soil.
The Baobab is just wild! I had to look twice to make sure I read the volume of water they could hold.
Thank you for sharing these wonderful pictures of nature.
????? ???? ?????
September 5th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
thank you sir
dapacu
September 10th, 2008 at 3:41 am
Amazing!

Great work, great collection....

TREES....The oldest living thing in the Planet
jack macdonald
October 13th, 2008 at 12:59 am
i think you may have overlooked a few ie huon pine tasmania australia estimated to be 10500 old equally as stunning as any here and swedens 9500 years and carbon date verified spruce Methuselah and Prometheus are fascinating but outdated sorry but a nice collection nonetheless
jack macdonald
October 13th, 2008 at 1:02 am
oh and of course wollemia nobilis of new south wales the most recent addition of all generus answers many questions in regard to evolution on this planet and probably the most important botanical discovery of the century
Bobobobobobob
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
You seem to have missed the Kauri trees of the North Island of New Zealand... and also the incredible Mountain Ash trees of Tasmania. (The tallest hardwood trees in the world.)
Carliona Trocina
October 26th, 2008 at 8:19 am
That's a great post, I loved it.
Jean
November 14th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Cool website, but one little note. Although most of civilization mistakenly refers to the aspens in Utah as "Quaking Aspens" since the leaves "quake" delightfully in the wind, the actual lay term for the trees are "Quaken Aspens". Probably after the scientist who named them. Keep posting cool pics!
MADE LIKE A TREE
November 15th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
MAGNIFICENT LIST. Thank you for sharing ~ this was great to peek through and share with others. Very much appreciated
John Bunch
November 18th, 2008 at 10:47 am
No mention of Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in western NC? Look into it, its a beautiful place.
gaspihormicuchimeimi
November 21st, 2008 at 1:26 pm
the trees are impresionant, fun and very very beautifol!! i love trees!!!!
Someguy
November 26th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
You're missing the Dragons Blood Tree. One of my favorites.

http://invision-images.com/archive/stories/socotra
ausfi
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:57 am
A great site with wonderful trees, also those sent by your readers. As wonderful as those very old trees are, some that are a bit younger are more beautiful. This tree probably is just a couple of hundred years old or less but we certainly were asked to hug it, lol.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ausfi/3066594902/
Dr. D. L. N. P.
December 5th, 2008 at 12:48 am
excellent collection of information on boab bob trees.
Dr. D. L. N. P.
December 5th, 2008 at 12:50 am
excellent information on boab bob trees.
Joe
December 9th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Angel Oak Tree on John's Island, SC: http://www.angeloaktree.org/home/292150647_Angel_Oak_15.jpg
Ryan Hull
December 12th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
The list is amazing but I live in louisiana and the oaks here are some of the most spectacular of all oaks in the US if not the world. I am a few doors down from one that i would estimate to be atleast 100 to 200 years old and have seen some as old as 450. Also there are bald cypress trees in the swamps that are in the thousands.
GIOVANNY
December 13th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
UFF.... EL BELLO DESARROLLO DE LA NATURALEZA EN SU INFINITA EVOLUCIÓN CADA VEZ ME SORPRENDE Y NO ALCANSARA MI VIDA PARA DEJAR DE HACERLO..... GRACIAS POR ESAS ESPECTACULARES IMAGENES.
John Gunkler
December 13th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
In case any wants to visit it, the banyan tree in the first picture of them was taken in Sarasota, FL, on the grounds of the John and Mable Ringling Museum. There are many banyans there. (The second photo may have come from there as well.)
R Speer
December 13th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
If you love trees, check out "Remarkable Trees of the U.S.Virgin Islands". It is full of beautiful photographs and remarkable facts about these elegant and very old and large trees.
R. Speer, St. John, US Virgin Islands
YOYOYOYOW!!
January 5th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
BE NICE, NOW. TROLL BE GONE
deksawi SAYAN
January 12th, 2009 at 4:34 am
MAGNIFICENT LIST. Thank you for sharing ~ this was great to peek through and share with others. Very much appreciated
Visitha
January 22nd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Great list! love it
junebug
January 25th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
I thought the Coast Redwoods were especially beautiful. Also... How many people have commented on this site?!?!
junebug
January 25th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
The above was a rhetorical question.
jane mcevoy
January 30th, 2009 at 5:53 am
Really loved the photos,the trees are just beautiful.
brian
February 2nd, 2009 at 8:58 pm
You forgot Tane Mahuta! ! This New Zealand tree is over 2000 years old, check it out!

http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/northland /kauri-coast/tane-mahuta-track/
Naveen
February 4th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Great Collocation of natural art.

Keep it up..
Naveen
February 4th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Add this tree in this list. This is the most Mysterious Tree in the world. This is in India and it can only be in India.

http://eliteinfo.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/mysterious-tree-in-andhra-pr adesh/

Just Click on the link, I am sure you have never seen till to date suck kind of tree.
good karma
February 7th, 2009 at 11:58 am
i love this.

-fellow tree hugger
KEYUR
February 17th, 2009 at 3:04 am
amazing trees collection plz mail me
KEYUR
February 17th, 2009 at 3:09 am
trees who give us fresh air. this is the only mail who gives awarness for enviroment please pass this mail to whole world so .from this mail those person who cut the trees take a lesson. plz mail me
Codename: Redfox2
February 22nd, 2009 at 1:19 am
Nice! I need these things for ma homework at school, THANKS!!!
Matt
March 10th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Great stuff! There's an interesting isolated tree [or there still was 25 years ago] about halfway along the Nullarbor Plain in Australia. You drive dead straight for about 80 km then the road doglegs to avoid this tree, seemingly the only one for 100s of kilometres around. They had put a barrier in front of it, because, after 80 km of no curves, many people drove straight into it!!
tracyrae
March 10th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
great site! i was looking at photos of amazing staircases & came across this site of amazing trees. Loved all the beautiful pics! Keep adding to it so we can visit often. & to some of you out there, take my mom's advice....."If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all."
pepsi lover
March 12th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
I love trees! It's natures gift! It's God's gift!
pepsi lover
March 12th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
I think that we should all be nice to the trees and just leave them alone. They didn't do anything to us! We should love them! Also I love the really big, thick trees and the circus ones too!
nasir ishaq
March 17th, 2009 at 5:47 am
kindly send me these types of mails thanks
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Erika Zenil
March 27th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
wow!
I´m a Mexican girl!!
me encato el espacio, los arboles son hermosos!! deberia de haber mas espacios dedicados a las delicias de la naturaleza y los regalos de Dios. tengo uno en mi casa, no es frondoso, ni grande, ni a vivido 500 años... pero lo puede lograr!!! lo que si es que es un arbol muy querido por mi familia y por mi,
besos y suban mas fotos de estas, Dios les bendiga a todos!! or God bless you!!!
espero que todos puedan leer esto!! jijiji
soma
March 29th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
great post..
will def check out the link for "List of Famous Trees"
Ranger Stranger
April 6th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I was one of three rangers featured in a Japanese documentary - Great Trees of the World - made as part of the Gardening and Greenery Expo 1990 (Osaka). There was a Ranger from the Sequoia National Park, a guy from Zimbabwe I think that represented the Baobab, and me. I represented the tallest flowering plant in the world; a Eucalyptus Regnans (91 meters tall) in the Florentine Valley of Tasmania, and also Huon Pine trees (endemic to Tasmania) which grow to be several thousand years old. You need some Tasmanian representation on your list. Congratulations on your website.

Ranger Stranger
Keino Ribka Sey
April 18th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Wow, it is amazing.

Great Info?

Where do u got all of this amazing picture

Greetings from me
soundararajan
May 5th, 2009 at 12:12 am
I love nature! thanks for giving the information on the above trees.
And request u to bring many more publicatin of unknown trees.
Lundy
May 10th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Very interesting list. I had heard of baobabs before, but not seen such magnificent photos.

Also:
You meant "L'Arbre du Ténéré", not "L'Abre".
Spiralsoflight
May 12th, 2009 at 10:38 am
I like trees.
AB
May 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
It would be more impressive if half of them werent photoshopped
Gordon Sanek
May 15th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Great stuff!
Dorothy
May 19th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Wonderful website-- thanks for providing this fascinating, well researched and timely info!
stv
May 21st, 2009 at 2:38 am
Great stuff! A VERY interesting list.
007widdow
June 8th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
i want to be.....a tree!
Alex Wise
June 15th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
As others have said it's a little disappointing there's no Tasmania but still a good list.
Jafar Akhbari
July 4th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
A surprisingly green 4000 year old cypress tree in Iran:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarv-e-Abarkooh

It is probably the oldest living thing in Asia.
paul severn
July 12th, 2009 at 2:31 am
great very interesting
sabrina
July 14th, 2009 at 12:23 am
I love the pictures and the info, though the one of the toilet in the baobab tree just makes me mad. What a disrespectful thing to do to a tree!
F.H
July 15th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
wow nice post.
I've seen the one from cambodia that whole temple is amazing and overgrown.
dusty kolb
July 26th, 2009 at 5:53 am
I really enjoyed the tree pictures and stories I hope you all are coontinuing the great work I will be looking for some new material on your websight and thank you for your hard work at educating us on the history of different trees throughout the world i own a treecare company and it pleasures me to spread history of trees to my customers so that they may learn to appreciate them as much as we do If you ever need help diagnoseing a proble feel free to email I will do what I can to help.
Jesi Thompson
July 29th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
I would suggest looking at some of the trees in the rain forest in Washington on the Olympic peninsula. There are three or more of the worlds largest trees of their species. One you can crawl in side of and become almost invisible in it's enormity.
khyati
August 9th, 2009 at 5:05 am
lovely and amazing photos
supra shoes
August 14th, 2009 at 2:07 am
Well done! A nice post and thanks for sharing...
Mohsan bilal
August 16th, 2009 at 2:45 am
tooooo muchhh worderful and amusing trees.i never visited such site before.

i am very thankfull to neatorama.com
luceyinthesky
August 21st, 2009 at 1:14 am
someone might have already mentioned this in comments somewhere, but The Survivor Tree at the Oklahoma City National Memorial ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_National_Memorial ) would be a nice addition to this awesome list
consacepo
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:31 am
Wow, it is amazing.

Great Info?

Where do u got all of this amazing picture

Greetings from me

consacepo
Clarity
September 5th, 2009 at 6:53 am
Fascinating stuff. Thoroughly enjoyed the pictures and accompanying text.
mary jane
September 5th, 2009 at 9:08 am
it is nice and scary and funny oak three
Patsy
September 6th, 2009 at 8:13 am
That beautiful carved tree in "South Africa" is actually an artificial one in Disney World, Florida!
http://www.allpics4u.com/nature/carved-tree-in-southern-africa.html
Amit Patel
September 7th, 2009 at 7:07 am
These are the most amazing trees in earth i want to grow some of these trees if you have some idea about that babob trees i accept your approal pl. sent
aardy
September 10th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
the coolest trees!!!
aardy
September 10th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Eucalyptus regnans is the tallest of all flowering plants, and possibly the tallest of all plants, although no living specimens can make that claim. The tallest measured living specimen, named Centurion, stands 99.6 metres tall in Tasmania.[1] Before the discovery of the Centurion, the tallest known specimen was Icarus Dream, which was rediscovered in Tasmania in January, 2005 and is 97 metres high. It was first measured by surveyors at 98.8 metres in 1962 but the documentation had been lost.[2] 16 living trees in Tasmania have been reliably measured in excess of 90 metres[1].

Historically, the tallest individual is claimed to be the Ferguson Tree, at 132.6 metres, found in the Watts River region of Victoria in 1871 or 1872. This record is often disputed as unreliable, despite first-hand documentary evidence of it being measured on the ground with surveyor's tape by a senior forestry official (see below). Widespread agreement exists, however, that an exceptionally tall individual was reliably measured at 112.8 metres by theodolite in 1880 by a surveyor, George Cornthwaite, at Thorpdale, Victoria (the tree is known both as the Cornthwaite or Thorpdale Tree). When it was felled in 1881, Cornthwaite remeasured it on the ground by chain at 114.3 metres.[3] The stump was commemorated with an plaque that exists today. That tree was about 1 metre shorter than the world's current tallest living tree, a Coast Redwood, 115.55 metres.

The tallest specimens of this and many other species encountered by early European settlers are now dead as a result of bushfires, logging and advanced age. Few living specimens exceed 90 metres; old records of logged trees make varied claims of extreme heights, but these are difficult to verify today.

Most of those claims come from Victoria. Al Carder, notes that in 1888 a cash reward of 100 pounds was offered there for the discovery of any tree measuring more than 122 metres [400 feet][3]. The fact that such a considerable reward was never claimed is taken as evidence that such large trees did not exist. Carder's historical research, however, revealed that the reward was offered under conditions that made it highly unlikely to be collected. First, it was made in the depths of winter and applied only for a very short time. Next, the tree had to be measured by an accredited surveyor. Since loggers had already taken the largest trees from the most accessible Victorian forests, finding very tall trees then would have demanded an arduous trek into remote wilderness and at considerable altitude. In turn, that meant that searchers also needed the services of experienced bushmen to be able to guide them and conduct an effective search. Only one expedition actually penetrated one of the strongholds of E. regnans at Mount Baw Baw but its search was rendered ineffectual by cold and snow and managed to measure only a single living tree (the New Turkey Tree; 99.4 metres) before appalling conditions forced a retreat, Carder notes.

In 1911, a previously unknown report was discovered: it was written by a licensed surveyor, G.W. Robinson, who had kept his personal forestry records from six decades earlier during the 1850s in the Dandenong Ranges, near Melbourne. Robinson had arranged with loggers to notify him when they found a very tall tree, and noted that every one he measured exceeded 91 metres, the tallest being 104 metres. Robinson noted that the tallest trees were felled first and had no doubt that "some of the trees felled earlier would have measured quite some 400 feet [122 metres]".[3]

Victoria's early State botanist, Ferdinand von Mueller, claimed to have personally measured one tree near the headwaters of the Yarra River at 122 metres. A government surveyor, David Boyle, claimed in 1862 to have measured a fallen tree in a deep gully in the Dandenongs at 119.5 metres, and with a diameter at its broken tip that indicated it might have lost another eight metres of trunk when it broke [128 metres in total].[3]

The tops of the tallest trees are often snapped by wind: allowing for that in estimating an original height, however, presupposes that the break occurred in a hitherto undamaged tree. An alternate, and possibly more realistic scenario, is of a tree with several episodes of breakage and regrowth building up a stout stem without ever attaining the potential maximum height.

Von Mueller's early records also mention two trees on the nearby Black Spur Range, one alive and measuring 128 metres and another fallen tree said to measure 146 metres, but these were either based on hearsay or uncertain reliability. David Boyle also reported that a tree at Cape Otway measured 158 metres, but this too was based on hearsay.

Many prominent botanists and tree enthusiasts have long been sceptical of such claims because they lacked first-hand evidence from a credible source. But Carder notes[3] that nor can all the claims be considered imaginary: "The frequency, the persistence, and the wide occurrence of the reports leads to the belief that there was some basis of fact for the statements made."

None, however, had been verified by direct documentation until 1982 when Ken Simpendorfer, a Special Projects Officer for the Forests Commission, Victoria, directed a search of official Victorian archives. It unearthed a forgotten report from more than a century earlier, one that had not been referred to in other accounts of the species up to that time. It was written on 21 February 1872, by the Inspector of State Forests, William Ferguson, and was addressed to the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Surveys, Clement Hodgkinson. Ferguson had been instructed to explore and inspect the watershed of the Watts River and reported trees in great number and exceptional size in areas where loggers had not yet reached. He wrote: "In one instance I measured with a tape line one huge specimen that lay prostrate across a tributary of the Watts, and found it to be 435 feet [132.6 metres] from its root to the top of its trunk. At 5 feet from the ground it measures 18 feet in diameter, and at the extreme end where it has broken in its fall, it is 3 feet in diameter. This tree has been much burnt by fire, and I fully believe that before it fell it must have been more than 500 feet [152.4 metres] high. As it now lies, it forms a complete bridge across a deep ravine."[3]

Carder concludes that the height limit for E. regnans is "not greatly over 300 feet now, but there is sound evidence that trees very much taller did indeed at one time stand,".[3]

It is also possible that individual trees will again attain such heights. Author Bob Beale has recorded that the tallest trees in the Black Spur Range now measure about 85 metres but - due to major bushfires in the 1920s and 30s - are less than 80 years old and have been growing consistently at the rate of about one metre a year.[4]
aardy
September 10th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
aa
Casandra
September 11th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
why isnt there the famous tree that looks like a person with his or her arms crossed? i cant find it anywere so if anybody finds it please add it on thank you
stephenraymond
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Wheres the white tree of ministrith?
Lauren
September 26th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Bonfante Gardens is now Gilroy Gardens...
cindy lou
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:16 pm
really cool... loved all the pics... fascinating!!
Tina
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:03 pm
In Zimbabwe, it's Jacaranda time:

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/zimbabwe/091015/jacaranda-time-zimb abwe

Although the country has long suffered from economic collapse, crime and grime, its raw beauty never fails to impress. This time of year, the Jacaranda trees are a welcome distraction.
animals zoo guru
October 27th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
wow...really wonderful, good information.

Thank you.
Gardening Express
October 30th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Just amazing, I have added this page to my favourites, great information and beautiful pictures. Chris - Gardening Express
Jay
November 1st, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I don't know how I came across this, but I am glad. I want to visit some of these, thanks a mill!
TV John
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:27 am
One I think worthy to be added to your list is the Curtain Fig, which can be found near Yungaburra in Queensland, Australia. There is a photo on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtain_Fig_Tree) but it really doesn't do this amazing tree justice.
George Coldywall
November 18th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Nice trees indeed. Shame there are no propagation methods to double triple quadruple them in places on earth badly needing them. From the rural parts of highlands where vegetation is scarce..or where birds need a resting place too. Shame also on folks in general who don't take seedlings of bearing trees on their journeys. Where grass may grow..it takes folks to bring in the heavier workers..and our panoramic views of the future...call it nature friendly landscaping. The mighty of these also come in handy for irrigation of flat lands. Hey, trees are essential part of life on earth..they are not only to be looked at..they produce what we call the air that we breathe too. Thanks for the posting..I liked it very much.

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