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Boojum tree in hot June summers Cirio columnaris with human for scale. The Boojum forest is an area in central Baja California, Mexico, near Cataviña known for endemic flora so bizarre and grotesque in appearance that the area was named after mathematician/logician Lewis Carroll's imaginary landscape poem The Hunting of the Snark.
In the two species, they are initially woody, and their succulent xylem develops only in the lower portion of their main stem. In contrast, the Boojum tree has a succulent xylem from its initiation, with the primary thickening occurring from the meristem. The chromosome number of this species is n=36. [5]
This is a list of countries and territories of the world according to the total area covered by forests, based on data published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2010, the world had 3.92 billion hectares (ha) of tree cover, extending over 30% of its land area. [1] [need quotation to verify]
Fouquieria diguetii, known by the common names Adam's tree,palo Adán, and Baja [California] Tree Ocotillo, is a plant in the family Fouquieriaceae native to the southern half of the Baja California Peninsula, and the coasts of Sonora and Sinaloa. It is a semi-succulent and deciduous plant related to the ocotillo and the Boojum tree. It is ...
This location is that of the northernmost tree of any kind (this is a creeping form of Dahurian larch 73°04′32″N 102°00′00″E / 73.07556°N 102.00000°E / 73.07556; 102.00000 ( Dahurian
Boojum (superfluidity), a phenomenon in physics associated with superfluid helium-3; Boojum tree or cirio of the Baja California peninsula in Mexico; SSM-A-5 Boojum, a planned, but never completed, supersonic version of the SM-62 Snark, an intercontinental cruise missile; Boojum (restaurant), a chain of Mexican restaurants in Ireland
Location(s) Abutilon julianae: Norfolk Island abutilon: Norfolk Island: Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. velutinosa: Velvety spiral pod wattle: WA Acacia equisetifolia: Graveside Gorge acacia: NT: Acacia leptoneura: WA Acacia purpureopetala: QLD Acacia unguicula: VIC Acanthocladium dockeri: Spiny everlasting: SA Achyranthes arborescens: Chaff tree ...
Ganna Walska Lotusland, also known as Lotusland, is a non-profit botanical garden located in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, California, United States.The (15 ha / 37 acres) [1] garden is the historic estate of Madame Ganna Walska.