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The second oldest living tree in the world. Thimmamma Marrimanu: Banyan (Ficus benghalensis) Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India : 800 A clonal colony of Indian banyan with a crown area of over 11 acres. This is the largest tree in the world by crown area. Osmania Lifesaver Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) Hyderabad, Telangana, India
A listing of lists of trees. List of individual trees, including actual and mythical trees; List of largest giant sequoias; List of old growth forests;
This is a list of countries that have officially designated one or more trees as their national trees. Most species in the list are officially designated. Some species hold only an "unofficial" status.
This tree was the second-largest tree in the world (only the General Sherman tree was larger) until September 2003, when the tree lost a portion of its crown as a result of a fire caused by a lightning strike. [1] [14] This reduced its height from nearly 78 meters (255 ft) to about 70 meters (229 ft). The structurally weakened tree partially ...
Pando, a colony of quaking aspen, is one of the oldest-known clonal trees. Recent estimates of its age range up to 14,000 years old, and 18,000 years by the latest (2024) estimate. [1] It is located in Utah, United States. This is a list of the oldest-known trees, as reported in reliable sources. Definitions of what constitutes an individual ...
Each of the trees in this stand is a genetically identical male that has reproduced vegetatively. Although no single tree in this stand is of that age, the stand itself as a single organism has existed that long. [107] Individual trees in the clonal patch have been listed as having ages of 2000 [108] [109] or even to 3000 years old. [110] [111]
An evergreen forest is a forest made up of evergreen trees. They occur across a wide range of climatic zones, and include trees such as conifers and holly in cold climates, eucalyptus, live oak, acacias, magnolia, and banksia in more temperate zones, and rainforest trees in tropical zones.
While it is the largest tree known, the General Sherman Tree is neither the tallest known living tree on Earth (that distinction belongs to Hyperion, a Coast redwood), [8] nor is it the widest (both the largest cypress and largest baobab have a greater diameter), nor is it the oldest known living tree on Earth (that distinction belongs to a Great Basin bristlecone pine). [9]