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Boojum tree in hot June summers Cirio columnaris with human for scale. The Boojum forest is an area in central Baja California, Mexico, near Cataviña known for endemic flora so bizarre and grotesque in appearance that the area was named after mathematician/logician Lewis Carroll's imaginary landscape poem The Hunting of the Snark.
In the two species, they are initially woody, and their succulent xylem develops only in the lower portion of their main stem. In contrast, the Boojum tree has a succulent xylem from its initiation, with the primary thickening occurring from the meristem. The chromosome number of this species is n=36. [5]
Fouquieria diguetii, known by the common names Adam's tree,palo Adán, and Baja [California] Tree Ocotillo, is a plant in the family Fouquieriaceae native to the southern half of the Baja California Peninsula, and the coasts of Sonora and Sinaloa. It is a semi-succulent and deciduous plant related to the ocotillo and the Boojum tree. It is ...
Boojum (superfluidity), a phenomenon in physics associated with superfluid helium-3; Boojum tree or cirio of the Baja California peninsula in Mexico; SSM-A-5 Boojum, a planned, but never completed, supersonic version of the SM-62 Snark, an intercontinental cruise missile; Boojum (restaurant), a chain of Mexican restaurants in Ireland
William Boyce Thompson, circa 1928. The arboretum was founded by William Boyce Thompson (1869–1930), a mining engineer who made a fortune in the copper mining industry. He was the founder and first president of Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company at Globe-Miami, Arizona and Magma Copper Company in Superior, Arizona.
This location is that of the northernmost tree of any kind (this is a creeping form of Dahurian larch 73°04′32″N 102°00′00″E / 73.07556°N 102.00000°E / 73.07556; 102.00000 ( Dahurian
Ganna Walska Lotusland, also known as Lotusland, is a non-profit botanical garden located in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, California, United States.The (15 ha / 37 acres) [1] garden is the historic estate of Madame Ganna Walska.
Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the scandentian's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IUCN Red List for that species unless otherwise noted. All extinct species or subspecies listed alongside extant species went extinct after 1500 CE, and are indicated by a dagger symbol "†".