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The Lost Tree (French: Arbre Perdu), also known as the Arbre Thierry Sabine (Thierry Sabine Tree), is an isolated relict tree in the Ténéré region of the Sahara in northeast Niger. The tree is an acacia clinging to its exposed root mound, and annually denuded by passing travellers seeking firewood.
The Tree of Ténéré (French: L'Arbre du Ténéré) was a solitary acacia (Vachellia tortilis subsp. raddiana) [1] [2] [3] that was once considered the most isolated tree on Earth. It was a landmark on caravan routes through the Ténéré region of the Sahara Desert in northeast Niger , so well-known that it and the Arbre Perdu ( Lost Tree ...
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OneTree was a project started in 1998 in England to tell the full story of a single tree and the extraordinary value it brought to society, its beauty and the versatility of its wood. The project has inspired a number of projects around the world. The project was initiated by Garry Olson and Peter Toaig, who worked with 70 artists and makers. [1]
The Lost Bird Project was the subject of a documentary film produced by Middlemarch films in 2011. In addition to his environmentally focused work, McGrain has created several large-scale sculpture installations reflecting Buddhist values, most notable for the Rochester Zen Center in Rochester, New York and the Chapin Mill Zen Retreat Center in ...
A tree plantation, forest plantation, plantation forest, timber plantation or tree farm is a forest planted for high volume production of wood, usually by planting one type of tree as a monoculture forest. The term tree farm also is used to refer to tree nurseries and Christmas tree farms. Plantation forestry can produce a high volume of wood ...
It is a monoecious evergreen tree growing to 25 m tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m. The shoots are orange-brown, with scattered pubescence . The leaves are needle-like, 8–16 mm long, rhombic in cross-section, dark bluish-green with conspicuous stomatal lines.
Joshua trees and rock outcrops at Lost Horse Valley. Lost Horse Valley is a valley in Joshua Tree National Park. [1] It has been called "the centerpiece of the park" because of the quality of its stands of Joshua trees and its geological formations. [2] It contains the Lost Horse Mine, of significant historic importance in the park. [1]