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The Brazil nut is a large tree, reaching 50 metres (160 feet) tall, [15] and with a trunk 1 to 2 m (3 to 7 ft) in diameter, making it among the largest of trees in the Amazon rainforest. It may live for 500 years or more, and can often reach a thousand years of age. [16]
[17] Believed to be tallest tree in Asia until 2023 discovery of 102.3 metres (336 ft) cypress in Tibet. [7] Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) 96.3 316 Conifer Sequoia National Forest, California, United States Western North America [18] [19] Southern blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) 90.7 298 Neeminah Loggerale Meena, or Mother and Daughter.
The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [ 2 ] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest . [ 3 ]
There’s something so peaceful and picturesque about escaping to tree-shrouded environments. ... Amazon Rainforest, South America. The largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest covers ...
The Big Limb Tree Atwell Mill Grove, Sequoia National Park, California [129] Za (Adansonia za) 2.7 9 The Ampanihy Baobab north of Morombe, Madagascar [66] Thickest limb on a dicot African baobab (Adansonia digitata) 2.4 8 The Big Tree Messina Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa [130] [131] Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) 2.1 7 ...
Coccoloba gigantifolia is a tree which grows to about 49 feet (15 meters) in height and has leaves that can reach 8 feet (2.4 meters) in length, and 4 ft 7 in (1.40 meters) in width, the third [citation needed] largest known leaf among dicotyledonous plants after Gunnera manicata and Victoria boliviana. [3]
Brazilian biologist Fernanda Abra was recognized by the Whitley Fund for Nature for her pioneering work to build and monitor low-cost canopy bridges over Highway BR-174 in the Amazon rainforest ...
Hura crepitans, the sandbox tree, [2] also known as possumwood, monkey no-climb, assacu (from Tupi asaku) and jabillo, [3] is an evergreen tree in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to tropical regions of North and South America including the Amazon rainforest. It is also present in parts of Tanzania, where it is considered an invasive species. [4]