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Botanical drawing of the leaves, flowers, and samaras from Britton and Brown 's 1913 Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Ailanthus altissima is a medium-sized tree that reaches heights between 17 and 27 m (60 and 90 ft) with a diameter at breast height of about 1 m (3 ft). [10] The bark is smooth and light grey, often becoming ...
This results in the growth of many trunks around the main trunk. [8] [17] The banyan, native to India, is one of 60 types (out of reported 1,000 species in the world) of fig trees found throughout Hawaii. The trees are tall and “grow into mazes of additional trunks” and in Lahaina the tree covers an area of over half an acre. [18]
At 202 feet (62 m) tall and a diameter of 7 feet (210 cm), it is one of the largest known ponderosa pine trees in the world. Vizcaíno-Serra Oak. California live oak ( Quercus agrifolia ) Monterey, California. The tree was closely associated with the early history of Monterey, California and Junípero Serra.
A colony of 48,000 quaking aspen trees (nicknamed Pando), covering 106 acres (43 ha) in the Fishlake National Forest of Utah, is considered one of the oldest and largest organisms in the world. Recent estimates set the colony's age at several thousand (up to 14,000) years, although tree ring samples date individual stems at rarely more than 130 ...
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java and Celebes . Lamina up to 1.5 m (5 ft) long with a petiole of similar length attached to the upper central region. [ 203] Also up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in width. Also largest tricuspidate leaf (like the undivided leaves of Boston Ivy). Largest naturally inverse leaf.
Sacred groves feature in various cultures throughout the world. They were important features of the mythological landscape and cult practice of Celtic , Estonian , Baltic , Germanic , ancient Greek , Near Eastern , Roman , and Slavic polytheism ; they also occur in locations such as India , Japan ( sacred shrine forests [ 1 ] ), and West Africa ...
Sacred tree. Sculpture of the Buddha meditating under the Maha Bodhi Tree of Bodh Gaya, India. A sacred tree or holy tree is a tree which is considered to be sacred, or worthy of spiritual respect or reverence. Such trees appear throughout world history in various cultures including the ancient Hindu mythology, Greek, Celtic and Germanic ...
A grass savanna in South Africa ( Kruger National Park) A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland - grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous ...