Longest tree name. Tallest trees in the USA
Nature can surprise even the most skeptical observers: sometimes its quirks are difficult to imagine, but, nevertheless, it never ceases to create. The thickest trees on the planet are proof of this, because the majesty and longevity of the kings of the plant world constantly proves who is in charge on this planet.
Australia: Baobab Prison
Traditionally, African baobabs are by default among the thickest trees on the planet, this is due to the special structure of the trunk and the aging characteristics of these giants. They do not stretch very high and over time they seem to fall apart, forming voids and labyrinths inside themselves and continuing to live.
However, the thickest tree in the world did not grow in Africa, but in Australia. The record was recorded in the 19th century. The trunk of the record-breaking tree reached 54.5 meters in girth. The core of the record-breaking baobab tree was long ago destroyed by time, which is why it began to resemble an empty room, but for many hundreds of years the absence of the core had no effect on the well-being of the tree. An Australian baobab tree was used as a temporary prison cell.
Africa: baobabs as utility rooms
In Africa, you can find hundreds of huge baobabs, the kings of the savannah, and local residents are not bothered by their uniqueness: interesting natural monuments that should be protected are quietly used as toilets, prisons, sheds, and storerooms.
So, in Kenya there is a baobab hotel for tourists who want to spend time closer to wild nature. In Zimbabwe, a bus station is located in a baobab tree where 40 people can wait for their departure. And in the center of Africa there is a small bar inside an old baobab tree. According to various legends, the age of such a baobab exceeds 6 thousand years.
Toilet in a baobab tree. Africa
Chestnut "Hundreds of Horses"
The Guinness Book of Records lists the chestnut tree of hundreds of horses as the thickest tree on earth. The girth of its trunk, according to legend, reached almost 58 meters in the 18th century and grows on the island of Sicily.
They say that in the 18th century, the ruler of the island, Giovanna I of Aragon, was caught in a field by a thunderstorm with a small army. The spreading tree was able to protect not only the ruler, but also all the horsemen accompanying her, and there were at least a hundred of them.
Now the chestnut has split and consists of three trunks united by common roots. What it was like in the 18th century and how they weren’t afraid to stand under it remains a mystery. The girth of the largest trunk is 21.5 meters.
The estimated age of the chestnut is about 4 thousand years, during which time its crown has grown to a volume of 64 meters.
Today the giant chestnut tree is fenced and looks like this, but in ancient images you can still see its former appearance
Sequoia - the Mexican general of thick trees
Another record holder on the planet are sequoiadendrons, growing in Latin America and the USA. Many of them are protected by the state, whereas before the general cutting down of trees on American territory the forests consisted of such giants. Traditionally, sequoias are considered the tallest (up to 80 meters), but rather slender trees, but there are exceptions.
The most famous giant sequoia is called "General Sherman". Its girth at the base is 11 meters, the volume of the crown exceeds 31 meters. The general is a record holder, since the average girth of a sequoia is 8 meters.
Sequoia General
There is documented material in the chronicles and the press about American redwood trees, which, when cut down, could serve as dance floors and cafes.
One of these giant trees fell onto Crescent Meadow during a hurricane in 1937. The authorities considered that it was more expensive and more problematic to remove it than to cut a through tunnel directly in the collapsed trunk. The tunnel became a landmark in a Californian national park and is still in use today.
California National Park
Sometimes tunnels were cut through redwood trees that had not yet fallen to provide passage or passage. Today this practice is not used, since there are no more than 500 copies of giant trees left in the world. The last standing tree with a passage in the middle collapsed at the end of 2016. His age was about 1000 years.
This is what the tree looked like when it was still alive; it was the main attraction of the Calaveras Big Tree Park in California.
The attraction was called "Pioneer Hut"
In addition to the General Sherman, there was another giant tree, the girth of which reached 36 meters, but in this case the trunk was split and was divided into several diverging trunks.
Taxodium Mexicana – when is DNA analysis needed?
In Mexico, in the city of Santa Maria del Tule, state, Oaxaca, there is a tree called the “Tule Tree”. It belongs to Taxodium Mexicana; the giant's girth is 11.6 meters. It was previously believed that the Thule Tree was formed by the interweaving of several trunks. And specialists had to do a DNA analysis on the giant to determine whose roots and trunks there were. It turned out that this is a single organism, its age is more than 1500 years. Locals call Tule the tree of life, as the outgrowths of the bizarre bark formed a pattern in the form of various animals on its trunk.
Giant trees impress not only with their size, but also with their age. If you think about it, these giants witnessed events that took place thousands of years ago.
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The largest trees in the world
The flora of our planet is very diverse and rich. It has hundreds of thousands of species of living organisms. The most common plants in our world are gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Some of the plants are truly amazing in size, both in height and thickness. Their lifespan is hundreds of years and one can only imagine what they have seen in their lifetime. We have prepared for you a list that includes largest trees in the world.
All ten tallest trees grow in the USA, and they all belong to a single species - the evergreen sequoia.
These trees are classified as conifers and are relatives of the common cypress. They grow in one place on the planet - on the Pacific coast of the United States. Sequoias are so amazing and huge that each of the record-breaking trees is given its own name.
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Evergreen sequoia (Sequoia sempervirene). This tree is located in California, USA.
The height of this giant is 112.20 meters and its diameter is 4.19 meters. The exact location of this tree is hidden so that tourists do not harm it.
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Evergreen sequoia (Sequoia sempervirene). This plant is also located on the west coast of the United States, in the state of California. The height of this tree is 112.56 meters and the diameter is 3.9 meters.
8. Rockefeller
It is also a sequoia tree that is found in Humboldt National Park in the USA. Its height is 112.6 meters, and the exact diameter of the trunk, unfortunately, is unknown.
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This is the evergreen Sequoia (Sequoia sempervirene), which grows in Redwood Park, all in the same California. The height of the tree is 112.63 meters, and the diameter of the trunk is 4.33 meters.
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In fifth place is the sequoia, which has a rather long name: National Geographic Society . It is native to Redwood Creek. Until 1995, this sequoia was considered tallest tree in the world. But now even larger giants have been found.
The height of this tree is 112.71 meters, and the trunk diameter is 4.39 meters.
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The fourth place is occupied by the sequoia, which has a very appropriate name - the Giant of the Stratosphere. The height of this tree is 113.11 meters, and the trunk diameter is 5.18 meters. This plant is located in Humboldt Park.
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This is another American sequoia that grows in the same area. The height of this tree is 113.14 meters, and the trunk diameter is 3.78 meters. This tree was discovered only in 2006. Its location is hidden from tourists.
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In second place is another giant, which belongs to the same species. The height of this sequoia is 114.58 meters, and the trunk has a diameter of 4.96 meters. Until 2006, Helios was considered the tallest on the planet, but then a tree was found that was taller than it and it is this tree that is number one on our list. Helios is located in Redwood Park, California.
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The height of this tree is 115.61 meters. It was discovered and measured in 2006, and it turned out to be the tallest plant on the planet. This sequoia also grows in Redwood Park, but where exactly it grows is hidden from tourists. It is believed that the age of this giant is 700-800 years.
+ Baobab
We described to you tallest trees in the world. In this regard, sequoia has no competitors. But, if we talk about plant giants, then it is worth mentioning the baobab. This the thickest and most massive tree in the world. Baobabs grow in Africa, their height is small - about 18-25 meters, but the diameter of the trunk can reach 10 meters. It is very simple to explain the strange appearance of this tree. Baobab wood is very porous and retains water during the rainy season. Then it uses this reserve during drought. This tree has a huge crown, its diameter can reach forty meters. The wood of the tree is very loose and is easily destroyed by fungal diseases. The resulting huge hollows are used by Africans for their own purposes.
++ Banyan
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The General Sherman Tree is located in Sequoia National Park in the USA, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains (California).
This tree is also the largest living creature on the planet.
The height of the giant General Sherman tree is more than 83 meters, the circumference of its trunk is more than 24 meters, and the circumference of its crown is as much as 33 meters.
In the nineteenth century, explorer John Muir called the area where the famous tree grows the “Giant Forest” when he discovered giant sequoias. The name of this part of the park, "Giant Forest", remains to this day. Many tourists describe the General Sherman tree, which is striking in its size, as a red-orange “rock”, the top of which is impossible to see.
Tourists specifically come to the park to see the General Sherman tree, named after Civil War hero General William Sherman, and to take photos. Next to the sequoia they seem so fragile and small.
For a long time it was believed that the General Sherman tree was over three thousand years old, but recent research has determined its exact age - exactly two thousand years. This means that this is not the oldest tree in the world.
The oldest tree in the world, a special species of California pine, was 4,484 years old when it was cut down in 1965. Sequoia trees, which were about 3,000 years old, were also cut down. It is believed that 5,000 trees still exist on Earth.
In the winter of 2006, the General Sherman tree lost part of its crown, the largest branch of the tree fell off, the diameter of which was about two meters and the length was about 30 meters
When the branches fell to the ground, the fence around the tree and the road leading to it were destroyed. Even after this, General Sherman's tree did not lose its status as the largest tree on the planet.
There is a special path leading to General Sherman's tree, and even people with disabilities can see this miracle. At the end of the path, brick tiles are laid out, which show where the roots of the tree reach.
Each year the giant's trunk grows nearly 1.5 cm in diameter. The General Sherman Tree is still growing and, according to the California State Park website, is adding enough wood each year to fill a five or six-room house.
There are a very large number of tall trees on Earth. In different parts of the world there are trees that are called the tallest on the planet. In some cases, the sizes are exaggerated, but there are also trees that amaze the imagination with their dimensions. With the advent of new height measurement tools, more reliable information is becoming available about the true size of the world's largest trees.
Thanks to modern technology, people have been able to measure the true height of these colossuses of the plant world. Laser-based rangefinders, falling tape meters, etc. were used for measurement. Researchers have managed to formulate the ten tallest trees in the world, which are so huge that taking a full-length photo of them can only be done by climbing to a certain height. Many of these giants continue to grow.
Tallest tree in the world
The location of many trees remains a secret, so finding photos of them is very difficult. Despite the fact that Hyperion is the tallest tree in the world, its mass is far from the most impressive. According to this indicator, the colossal sequoia General Sherman is beyond competition. Despite the relatively small height (83.8 m), the General has a record weight of 1.9 thousand tons with a trunk volume of a phenomenal 1.5 thousand square meters. Scientists are confident that the General Sherman sequoia is at least 2.7 thousand years old.
Mendocino ranks tenth
Mendocino is one of the largest trees in America
A huge sequoia with a height of 112.2 m is located in the Montgomery Woods Nature Reserve in the United States. From 1996 to 2000 Mendocino was considered the tallest tree on the planet. There are quite a few redwood trees growing not far from the giant, but compared to Mendocino they look like a kindergarten teacher surrounded by children.
Paradox - ninth on the list
Paradox, height 112.5 meters
A tree 112.5 m high, located in a forest area owned by billionaire J. Rockefeller near the town of Humboldt (USA). The diameter of the Paradox trunk is 3.9 m, which is slightly less than that of Mendocino (4.19 m). Sequoia was discovered by accident; researchers who first saw the tree were amazed by its beauty. Paradox rises majestically above the forest, under its thick crown a company of soldiers can hide in the shadows.
Rockefeller - ranks eighth in the ranking
Rockefeller takes 8th position in the ranking
Another giant tree associated with a famous billionaire. Rockefeller is a 112.6 m tall sequoia located relatively close to Paradox in the Humboldt Redwood National Forest. The name in honor of the billionaire is symbolic - the tree is very old, just like the entrepreneur, respected in the United States.
Sequoia is distinguished by its height, slenderness and density of crown. Those who were lucky enough to see Rockefeller remembered him for the rest of their lives. By the way, seeing a tree is not so easy - the coordinates of all the colossi of the plant world are classified: this is one of the most effective ways to protect them from vandals. If a person walks through the park, he simply will not understand that in front of him is a giant. In terms of trunk thickness, the famous sequoia is not much different from its surrounding counterparts.
Lauralin - is in the seventh position of the top
Southern giant Lauralin
Sequoia with a romantic name and an impressive height of 112.62 m. This giant, like the previous one, “lives” in the American Humboldt National Park. The gigantic tree was found by biologists P. Zinke and E. Stragenburger. The researchers were amazed by the incredible beauty of the tree, which in fact constitutes a complete ecological system. From the roots to the crown, Lauralin is home to a wide variety of living creatures. Hares live at its foot, squirrels live in hollows on the middle floors, and birds build nests on the branches. In addition, the Lauralina ecosystem includes many species of lichens and insects.
This giant sequoia is not hidden from the public: those visiting Humboldt Park are sure to come to see the amazing tree.
Orion - a giant sequoia in sixth place
Orion - tree height is 112.63 meters
In the very center of the Redwood National Forest (California, USA) grows a gigantic sequoia called Orion. The height of this amazing creation of Mother Nature is 112.63 m. Orion was carefully hidden from prying eyes, it was very difficult to find him. The fact is that the giant is located next to two other huge sequoias: each of these trees is 2 times lower than Orion, but they are in no way inferior to it in thickness. You can only see the colossal difference between the sequoias from a considerable height. Orion is one of the oldest trees on earth, its age is 1.5 thousand years.
National Geographic Society - in fifth place
NGO. The height of the tree is 112.71 m.
A giant sequoia named after a United States NGO. The giant was discovered in the Redwood Creek valley in 1994. For a year, the tree was considered the tallest in the world. The exact coordinates of the gigantic plant are classified. The trunk diameter is 0.20 m larger than that of Mendocino.
Stratospheric giant - fourth on the list
The height of this giant was 113.11 m.
An impressive tree that looks like a huge skyscraper. The scientists who discovered this sequoia were amazed by its height: it seemed to the researchers that the tree was touching the clouds with its branches. Hence the name of the plant colossus.
The stratospheric giant was found in 2000 in Humboldt National Park, a nature reserve famous for its record-breaking redwood trees.
At the time of discovery, the tree had a height of 112.34 m, but its growth continued. In 2010, scientists re-measured the height of the sequoia. It turned out that the Stratospheric Giant had increased in height: its height was 113.11 m. The tree is surrounded by large fellows and it is only possible to understand how huge it is from above. The coordinates of the Stratospheric Giant are being hidden: this is how scientists are trying to protect the sequoia from vandalism.
Icarus took third position in the ranking
Icarus reaches 113.4 meters
Finally, we got to the top three. The famous sequoia Icarus has risen to the third place in the ranking. The tree was found by researchers M. Taylor and K. Atkins, who wandered around the California Redwood Park for several days.
Biologists noticed that the top of the sequoia was dry, as if it had been burnt out in the sun. Atkins recalled the Greek myth of Icarus, a young man who decided to fly to the sun but was burned along the way. This is how the tree got its name.
However, almost any tree in Redwood Park can be called Icarus. Due to solar activity, many of the redwood trees in the reserve have dead tops. Actually, “Redwood” is translated from English as “Red Forest”.
Finding Icarus on your own is problematic, and its coordinates are carefully classified.
Helios is second in the ranking list
Helios reaches 114.58 m.
In the summer of 2006, K. Atkins and M. Taylor undertook another research expedition in the Red Forest. Surprisingly, researchers were able to discover another giant sequoia. It was a 114.58 m tall tree. Shocked, Taylor and Atkins named the sequoia Helios in honor of the ancient Greek god of the Sun. This tree is only slightly inferior to the leader of our rating.
Hyperion is the tallest tree in the world and is in the top number one
Hyperion holds the record for all the tallest trees on the planet
So, we got to the tallest tree in the world. This is a unique Hyperion sequoia, growing in the same Redwood Park. Surprisingly, the restless K. Atkins and M. Taylor discovered Hyperion. After measuring the tree, it became clear that this incredible giant is a world record holder. Hyperion's parameters are amazing:
- height – 115.61 m;
- trunk diameter – 5 m.
Scientists believe that the age of the colossus is 800 years.
Chris and Michael are confident that the Hyperion sequoia could have reached even greater heights, but the tree was attacked by woodpeckers. A huge number of birds settled in the branches of the giant plant, damaging the trunk. Despite the titanic power of the tree, the woodpeckers turned out to be stronger - the growth of the sequoia slowed down.
Video: the tallest sequoia tree from the cypress family
Sensation: despite the gigantic size of the tree, its leaves reach only 2 cm in length, and the root in the ground reaches only half a meter!
Sequoia is the tallest tree species in the world
Readers have already realized that the tallest tree in the world is the sequoia. This species is also called “mahogany”. Douglas fir (another name is “pretty fir”), as well as Australian eucalyptus trees, could compete with these colossi. Unfortunately, the tallest representatives of these two species were destroyed.
Sequoia Hyperion could also go under the saw, but in the 70s. In the 20th century, American authorities drew attention to the outrages of loggers in Redwood National Park and cutting down redwood trees in this area was strictly prohibited. Severe sanctions began to be applied to black lumberjacks, fined and even sent to prison.
The measures worked: in our time, many gigantic sequoias grow in the “Red Forest”. According to scientists' latest estimates, there are 100 trees in the Redwoods that are more than 100 meters tall. All of these are sequoias; representatives of other species, unfortunately, do not overcome the hundred-meter mark.
Until the summer of 2006, the status of the tallest tree in the world was held by the “Stratospheric Giant” sequoia in Humboldt Park. This colossus is twice the size of the Statue of Liberty.
It seemed that the tree simply could not be taller, but biologists K. Atkins and M. Taylor proved that this is far from true. Wandering through California's Redwood Park, they discovered a group of giant trees, among which was an incredible colossus that looked like a skyscraper. After measurements with laser equipment, it turned out that the found tree was almost a meter taller than the “Stratospheric Giant”. Moreover, the nearby “comrades” of the giant also exceeded the size of the previous record holder of the plant world.
The tallest tree in the world is called Hyperion. This colossus is almost 30 meters higher than London's Big Ben.
The measurement of Hyperion was carried out by ecologist Steve Sillett, seconded to Redwood Park by National University. Humboldt. Sillett, using climbing equipment, climbed to the top of the sequoia and lowered the tape from there. The NG television company recorded what was happening on film: the film can be viewed on the Internet. After measuring the tape, it turned out that the height of the tree is 115 meters.
Hyperion can be called a lucky tree. In the seventies of the last century, Redwood was an ordinary forest in which lumberjacks operated with might and main. Gigantic pines fell one after another, they were sawed into fragments and taken away on large trucks. Hyperion was scheduled to be cut down, but about 2 weeks before the colossus was to be defeated, the US government declared Redwood a national park.
The sawmills knew full well that Redwood was being recognized as a park, so they worked tirelessly with their chainsaws. Sequoia wood is one of the most valuable in the wood processing industry; companies received hundreds of thousands of dollars for one giant cut down.
Trees, many of which were hundreds of years old, were destroyed on an industrial scale. People could well have destroyed one of the undoubted treasures of humanity - the Redwood redwood forest.
Unfortunately, hundreds and even thousands of trees have not been as lucky as Hyperion. Currently, redwood forests account for only 4% of all green areas in the United States.
Hyperion is quite young for a plant of its kind: this tree has not yet finished growing. According to Sillett, the giant is no more than 800 years old (for comparison, the Orion sequoia has been on our planet for 1.5 thousand years).
Compared to human life, Hyperion is now 20 years old, essentially a tree-youth. The caretakers of Redwood Park have strictly kept the giant's coordinates secret. American scientists hope that the young tree will continue its growth, setting new incredible records.
In addition, tourist trips to Hyperion will certainly lead to disruption of the Redwood forest ecosystem. The tree itself will also suffer: surely among tourists there will be those who like to put a “memorable” inscription on the tree or chop off a piece of bark.
According to Sillett, redwoods are a kind of “movie stars,” but they can’t escape the paparazzi like their human counterparts. History has already shown that the popularity of giant sequoias leads to sad consequences.
History of measurements of giant trees
It is impossible to say whether Hyperion is the tallest tree of the last 100-200 years. People began to become interested in this topic relatively recently and no data has been preserved. In addition, 96% of redwood trees are destroyed by logging companies.
In 1872, William Ferguson, an employee of the Australian State Forestry Inspectorate, informed the authorities about the discovery of a fallen Eucalyptus regnans (a regal eucalyptus, a close relative of the familiar mountain ash). The tree had colossal dimensions. The visiting scientists took measurements and reported that the length of the eucalyptus was 132 meters.
After this, several more eucalyptus trees up to 140 meters high were found in Australia. Unfortunately, there is no way to confirm this data: the gigantic trees were cut down by loggers.
Eucalyptus wood turned out to be almost the only building material for Australian settlers.
There are almost no eucalyptus trees left in Australia these days, but they are found in Tasmania. For example, the famous Centurion eucalyptus is 100 meters high. The uniqueness of Centurion is that it is the tallest deciduous tree on our planet. The eucalyptus was found in the fall of 2008 by the laser of an aircraft searching for dominant heights in the area.
Tree height limit
In 2001, the English scientist D. Amos published an article in one of the authoritative scientific publications on the maximum growth of trees. The researcher conducted a series of experiments which, according to him, convincingly prove that the maximum height of a tree is 130 meters. After this mark, the plant will not be able to deliver the nutritional composition obtained from the soil to the crown, and its growth will stop.
Amos' theory has not yet found practical confirmation: there is not a single tree in the world 130 meters high.
Incredible facts
If you watched the movie Avatar, then you were probably impressed by the forests of Pandora. But to see the most fantastic trees, you don't have to go on an intergalactic journey.
Trees are part of our lives, providing us with oxygen, food, houses, warmth and building materials. There are approximately 100,000 different species of trees, including a quarter of all living plant species on Earth.
Among the billions of trees around the world, there are completely unique and amazing representatives.
1. Giant sequoia "General Sherman"
Giant sequoias that grow in Sierra Nevada in California they are considered the largest trees in terms of volume. The largest tree is " General Sherman" V Sequoia National Park, the height of which reaches 83 m, the volume is about 1,486 cubic meters. m, and weighs more than 6000 tons. The tree is believed to be somewhere between 2,300 and 2,700 years old, and each year the tree grows as much wood as a typical 18-foot tree. It is a true natural masterpiece and greatest living organism on earth.
2. Aspen poplar: Pando
Pando or Trembling Giant, located in Utah, USA, is an amazing massive colony of aspen trees spread across 100 acres of Utah. Almost all the trees in this colony are genetically identical, that is, they are clones of each other. Every tree in this area comes from a single organism, being part of a giant underground root system.
Pando consists of 47,000 trunks, and its collective weight is 6,600 tons, making it the heaviest organism in the world. Despite the fact that the average age of individual trunks is about 130 years, the entire body is already about 80,000 years.
3. Taxodium mexicanis: Tule tree
The Thule tree is a particularly large tree of the species Taxodium mexicanis which is located near the city Oaxaca in Mexico. By this tree largest trunk girth(58 m) and a trunk diameter of 11.5 m. It is said that Thule tree so thick that you don’t hug it, but it hugs you.
The tree is believed to be about 2000 years old. For a time, detractors claimed that there were actually three trees camouflaging there, but careful DNA analysis confirmed that it was, in fact, one beautiful tree.
In 1994, the tree became endangered: the leaves had turned a sickly yellow color and there were dead branches everywhere. The tree was dying. When the “healers” of the trees were called, it turned out that the problem due to which the Tule tree suffered was ordinary thirst and it needed to be treated with water. Naturally, after careful water procedures, the tree came to life.
4. Tree of Life
tree of life in Bahrain it is the loneliest tree in the world. The mesquite tree is located on the highest point of the barren desert of Bahrain, hundreds of kilometers from other natural trees. It is believed that its roots extend several tens of meters to aquifers. The exact age of the tree is unknown, but it is believed to be over 400 years old.
However, the secret Tree of life is not its size, age or shape, although it is quite large and very beautiful. The most amazing thing is that it stands alone in a barren desert on the highest point of Bahrain, in an area that has absolutely no water. In a place where it seemed nothing could survive, this tree seems to radiate life itself. People come here in droves, as locals believe that the tree stands on the site of the Garden of Eden.
5. Wollemia
Despite its uniqueness and beauty, interesting qualities Wollemia hidden not in appearance, but in its history.
Wollemia, growing in Australia, is a real living dinosaur. Oldest tree fossil Wollemia dates back to 200 million years ago. When, in 1994, scientists suddenly discovered a living tree Wollemia, they were simply dumbfounded.
The exact location of these coniferous trees was carefully hidden in order to protect those remaining trees, of which there are less than 100 left in the wild. To save these trees from extinction, a program was launched in 2006 that allowed the general public to purchase seedlings Wollemia and now they can be seen in various botanical gardens.
6. Pirangi Cashew Tree
This famous tree, located near the city of Natal in Brazil, is a 177-year-old cashew tree that covers almost 2 hectares of land. It was planted in 1888 by a fisherman who did not know that the tree had a genetic mutation that allowed it to take up so much space. Unlike an ordinary cashew tree, when the branches of the tree Pirangi touch the ground, it takes root and continues to grow.
Today this tree serves as a tourist attraction. When you approach this largest cashew tree in the world, you will feel like you are entering a forest. In fact, this is all one tree, the size of which reaches 8400 square meters. m. Tree 80 times larger than the average cashew tree and covers an area larger than a football field, bearing about 80,000 fruits per year.
7. Tenere Tree
The Ténéré tree is mentioned in this list because it no longer exists. A lone acacia tree growing in the Sahara desert of Niger in Africa, which was more than 300 years old, was the only tree within a radius of about 400 km. It was the only tree that remained from a huge forest that was swallowed up by the merciless desert. When the scientists dug a hole next to the tree, they discovered that its roots went down to a depth of 36 m below the groundwater level.
In 1973, the Tenere tree was hit by a drunk truck driver, and today a metal monument was built on the site in honor of Lone Tree Tenere.
8. Banyan: Mahabodhi Tree
The banyan tree is named after the banyan trees or Hindu traders who sold their goods sitting under this tree. Even if you have never heard of the banyan tree, you will probably recognize it. The shape of this giant tree cannot be confused with anything: a majestic dome with aerial roots that descend from the branches to the ground.
One of the most famous types of banyan tree is called ficus sacred or bo tree is Mahabodhi tree V Anuradhapura, in Sri Lanka. The tree is said to have been grown from a cutting from a real tree, under which Buddha achieved enlightenment in the 6th century BC
Having been planted in 288 BC, it is the oldest tree in the world, planted by a person with an exact planting date.
9. Baobab
Madagascar is considered the birthplace of the baobab; it is also common in Africa and Australia. Baobab trees are the oldest forms of life on mainland Africa and many of those that still stand today have been growing since Roman times.
Amazing baobab or " monkey breadfruit" can grow up to 30 m in height and 11 m in width. They remain without leaves for most of the year . A characteristic feature of baobab trees is their pot-bellied trunk, which serves as a water storage facility. baobab tree can hold up to 120,000 liters of water to survive severe drought conditions. Some trunks are so large that people live inside the tree.
One of the most beautiful clusters of baobabs of the species Adansonia Grandidier located on Baobab Avenue in Morondava in Madagascar. Some baobabs take on the shape of a bottle, a skull, and even a teapot.
10. Dragon Tree
Dragon's Tree Icod de los Vinos on Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, is a unique representative. It is believed to be between 650 and 1,500 years old, but experts find it difficult to draw exact conclusions as it does not have one trunk. He's more likely consists of many small trunks, which hold on to each other as they grow upward.
It has a dense canopy of leaves and gets its name from the resin that is released when its bark and leaves are cut. Residents believe that this is dried dragon blood and have been using it to treat various ailments since ancient times.