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Cold weather will cause some trees to shatter by freezing the sap, because it contains water, which expands as it freezes, creating a sound like a gunshot. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The sound is produced as the tree bark splits, with the wood contracting as the sap expands.
Hura crepitans, the sandbox tree, [2] also known as possumwood, monkey no-climb, assacu (from Tupi asaku) and jabillo, [3] is an evergreen tree in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to tropical regions of North and South America including the Amazon rainforest. It is also present in parts of Tanzania, where it is considered an invasive species. [4]
Frost crack or Southwest canker [1] is a form of tree bark damage sometimes found on thin barked trees, visible as vertical fractures on the southerly facing surfaces of tree trunks. Frost crack is distinct from sun scald and sun crack and physically differs from normal rough-bark characteristics as seen in mature oaks , pines , poplars and ...
Two oak trees stand on a rain-soaked, burned-over hillside following the Woolsey Fire in Agoura Hills, California, in November 2018. (AP Photo/John Antczak) The Pacific Northwest has endured ...
When a bolt strikes a tree it super-heats the sap throughout the tree and water in the sap turns to steam. "This happens in a split second," says Q13 FOX News Metoerologist M.J. McDermott.
SEATTLE -- A lightning bolt struck a giant tree in Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum Tuesday afternoon and the entire thing exploded. The bark of the tree was literally blow in all directions.
Ehretia anacua is medium-sized tree found in eastern Mexico and southern Texas in the United States. It is a member of the borage family, Boraginaceae. [1] One of its common names, anacua, is derived from the Mexican Spanish word anacahuite, as is that of the related Cordia boissieri, the anacahuita. [2]
Adansonia is a genus made up of eight species of medium-to-large deciduous trees known as baobabs (/ ˈ b aʊ b æ b / or / ˈ b eɪ oʊ b æ b /) or adansonias.They are placed in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Bombacoideae.