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Axel Erlandson (December 15, 1884 – April 28, 1964) was a Swedish American farmer who shaped trees as a hobby, and opened a horticultural attraction in 1947 called "The Tree Circus", [1] advertised with the slogan "See the World's Strangest Trees Here". [2] The trees appeared in the column of Robert Ripley's Believe It or Not! twelve times ...
Davis, Richard C. Encyclopedia of American forest and conservation history (1983) vol 1 online see also 2 online, 871pp. See online review of this book; Defebaugh, James Elliott. History of the lumber industry of America (1907) classic older history; covers US and Canada online; Eyle, Alexandra.
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According to The Guardian, Jami Warner, the executive director of the American Christmas Tree Association said that 84 percent of the 94 million people displaying Christmas trees in 2021 were ...
Lightning and humans burned the understory of longleaf pine every 1 to 15 years from Archaic periods until widespread fire suppression practices were adopted in the 1930s. Burning to manage wildlife habitat did continue and was a common practice by 1950.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, 85% of artificial trees are made in China in factories that churn out around 1,500 trees in just two days, accruing labor costs of a measly $600 a ...
During winter solstice, Ancient Egyptians and Romans would adorn their homes with branches from evergreen trees, admiring the trees ability to keep its green hue all year-round.
The Trees of North America. For the purposes of this category, "North America" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), which calls it Northern America , namely as one of the nine "botanical continents".