Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Trees can live for over 100 years, with 40-year-old trees achieving a trunk circumference of 2.7 m (9 ft) in cultivation. [ 12 ] The flowers serve as a rich source of nectar for other organisms, including fruit bats, a wide range of insect and bird species, [ 7 ] such as the scaly-breasted lorikeet ( Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus ).
The leaves on young trees are awl-shaped, 1–2 cm long, about 2 mm thick at the base, and scale-like, incurved, 1–2 cm long and 4 mm broad on mature trees. The cones are ovoid, 8–10 cm long and 6–8 cm diameter, and take about 18 months to mature.
The trees can live for several hundred years. It is a very hardy species that can withstand low winter temperatures, but it is affected by Dutch elm disease. The wood was seldom utilized until the advent of mechanical sawing. It is the state tree of Massachusetts and North Dakota.
Individual trees can live for over 300 years. [ 4 ] The leaves are thick with a waxy texture, elliptical, 7 to 15 cm ( 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 to 6 in) long and 4 to 8 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) broad, arranged spirally; they are glossy dark green above and a lighter, more grayish green beneath, with an entire margin.
Part self-help and part spiritual, Worton's If Trees Could Talk is a guide to taking time out to connect with nature, talk to trees, and to live a happier and more fulfilled life. [5] The author, who lives in England, believes that "all trees are living, breathing organisms that humans can connect with and talk to on a deeper level through ...
C. glauca trees can live up to 200 years. [13] Trees regenerate after fire by growing from the roots. Cut stumps sprout suckers vigorously, producing groves of new trees. [13] C. glauca trees drop large amounts of litter, mainly old cones and branchlets, which eventually rots down and enriches the soil unless removed by a flood event. [18]
Thuja plicata is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its common name is western redcedar in the U.S. [2] or western red cedar in the UK, [3] and it is also called pacific red cedar, giant arborvitae, western arborvitae, just cedar, giant cedar, or shinglewood. [4]
Krummholz Pinus albicaulis in Wenatchee National Forest Wind-sculpted krummholz trees, Ona Beach, Oregon. Krummholz (German: krumm, "crooked, bent, twisted" and Holz, "wood") — also called knieholz ("knee timber") — is a type of stunted, deformed vegetation encountered in the subarctic and subalpine tree line landscapes, shaped by continual exposure to fierce, freezing winds.