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poor spellor
March 21st, 2007 at
1:59 am
Although your list may not be complete it is magnificant! keep ‘em coming!!
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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
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Dan
March 21st, 2007 at
2:33 am
Fascinating post!
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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.
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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.
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Steve Clackson
March 21st, 2007 at
4:33 am
What a wonderful post and absolutely fascinating!
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Stiffrook
March 21st, 2007 at
5:10 am
A really great article, thank you.
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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
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Amy
March 21st, 2007 at
5:25 am
What about those giant trees on Yakushima Island in Japan?
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Runa
March 21st, 2007 at
5:32 am
Great arboreal article. Very beautiful photos.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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
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maps
March 21st, 2007 at
11:36 am
and another giant, ancient tree near where i live:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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BillyG
March 21st, 2007 at
2:02 pm
The ‘Angel Oak’ tree from back home dates back 1400 years.
Nice collection.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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
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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.
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XtermPest
March 21st, 2007 at
3:34 pm
Absolutely amazing!
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eric
March 21st, 2007 at
4:02 pm
Where’s the Treaty OAK??????????????????
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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.
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Ahmad Lafi
March 21st, 2007 at
4:15 pm
Wonderful. I never thought such trees exist!
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Omar
March 21st, 2007 at
4:21 pm
What about the Cedar of Lebanon its on the lebanese flag and its a beautiful tree
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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
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kiwitree
March 21st, 2007 at
4:32 pm
The New Zealand kauri tree is very impressive.
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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.
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Easton Ellsworth
March 21st, 2007 at
5:02 pm
Came ‘cuz the headline, stayed for the pics and stories. Great stuff here!
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v.dog
March 21st, 2007 at
5:17 pm
And then there was the tree on One Tree Hill
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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.
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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
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Charles
March 21st, 2007 at
6:18 pm
Nice,,belive in trees,live in peace
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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.
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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
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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
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brian
March 21st, 2007 at
7:14 pm
wow, great collection! i love those photos
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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
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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 .
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Mark
March 21st, 2007 at
7:58 pm
Check it out here http://www.waipoua.org.nz/kauri.htm
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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.
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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.
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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.
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jerry
March 21st, 2007 at
9:24 pm
Very nice. But, you need to include the Cedars from Lebanon!
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Alex
March 21st, 2007 at
9:32 pm
Thanks James - I’ve corrected the error.
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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.
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Hip Hop
March 21st, 2007 at
10:18 pm
Wow those are really amazing trees !!
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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.
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Ranger X
March 21st, 2007 at
11:37 pm
“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!”
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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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marklen
March 22nd, 2007 at
1:42 am
Thank you, you have made my day. Absolutely inspiring.
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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! -
Sushmita Nanivadekar
March 22nd, 2007 at
2:14 am
Simply one word to describe it “FANTASTIC”. Keep up the good work..
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Alex
March 22nd, 2007 at
2:38 am
Thank you for all the kinds words, guys!
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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):
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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
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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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March 22nd, 2007 at
7:35 am
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233
March 22nd, 2007 at
7:35 am
1 нах и ниипет
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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.aspOn 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.)
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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?
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Tomasi^
March 22nd, 2007 at
9:56 am
Nice trees:D
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Domester.NET
March 22nd, 2007 at
10:00 am
Amazing , I never see trees like this.
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Ankur
March 22nd, 2007 at
10:13 am
Amazing, Informational and Thoroghly Refereshing!!
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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
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Ken
March 22nd, 2007 at
11:31 am
If trees is what you like, then check out this unusual Cashew Tree in Brazil:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Canarian
March 22nd, 2007 at
1:38 pm
You forget Canarian Drago, millenarian tree of Canarian Island in spain.
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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.
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Vicent
March 22nd, 2007 at
2:23 pm
Colection links of Magnificent Trees in Spain.
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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?!
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César
March 22nd, 2007 at
2:40 pm
Amazing trees.
Great post.
Some incredible examples of human stupidity
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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!
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Big Dreams
March 22nd, 2007 at
4:37 pm
Nice trees. In Vancouver we lost a lot of trees to storms this winter.
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marion
March 22nd, 2007 at
5:43 pm
WONDERFULLY INTERESTING & INFORMATIVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH M.S
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hannah
March 22nd, 2007 at
7:39 pm
Amazing.
I appreciate the time and effort your took in this post. Thanks.
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Tom p
March 22nd, 2007 at
8:00 pm
the wonders of nature
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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.
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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
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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
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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?
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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.
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~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 Ténéré 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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March 23rd, 2007 at
9:34 am
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Fabio
March 23rd, 2007 at
9:50 am
They are incredible !!!
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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:
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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”!!!!
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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,”
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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?
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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.
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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%
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Paul
March 24th, 2007 at
2:05 am
2 photos taken in 1978 of trees.
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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.
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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.
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Alvaro
March 24th, 2007 at
6:47 am
Nice post, very interesting.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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bhupen
March 24th, 2007 at
1:17 pm
amazing, amazing and amazing! would like to climb some of those someday!
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TaKoN
March 24th, 2007 at
2:38 pm
lol.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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CT
March 24th, 2007 at
7:36 pm
Got to give props to the unique dragon’s blood trees of Socotra, Yemen.
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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
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Neha
March 25th, 2007 at
6:19 am
made for very interesting reading. keep it goin
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Tamara ( from Scotland)
March 25th, 2007 at
11:30 am
worthy of a mention- strangler fig trees!!!
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ejay
March 25th, 2007 at
3:19 pm
Well done Alex! Keep up the splendid work.
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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.
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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!!
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bob
March 26th, 2007 at
1:15 am
tree-mendous
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axxl
March 26th, 2007 at
2:45 am
HARDIMITZN!!!!!!!
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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.
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ol'skull
March 26th, 2007 at
7:57 am
look tree,not like you!
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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!
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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.
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Kelley
March 27th, 2007 at
3:29 pm
Very Cool!
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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.
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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.
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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
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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!
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MoishB
March 29th, 2007 at
1:39 pm
Sorry- here’s a direct link
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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
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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.
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JEFFREY
March 29th, 2007 at
1:46 pm
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MicheleH
March 29th, 2007 at
2:34 pm
Excellent pictures and comments by all. very beautiful. I have shared with many as well
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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….
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Raja
March 29th, 2007 at
11:39 pm
truly amazing……..
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nirav
March 30th, 2007 at
3:15 am
inexplicable nature!!
great information.
