Tagged: Tree Facts

Researchers discover a bald cypress along North Carolina’s Black River that is 2,624 years old. Source: There’s a tree in this North Carolina swamp that’s at least 2,624 years old | MNN – Mother Nature Network

A yellow meranti in the Malaysian State of Sabah on the island of Borneo is now the world’s tallest tropical tree. Earlier this year, local climber Unding Jami of the Southeast Asia Rainforest Research Partnership made it to the top and dropped down a tape measure to confirm it stretched nearly 330 feet from its […]

The world’s oldest known tree is an ancient bristlecone pine named Methuselah that lives at 10,000 feet above sea level in California. Estimated to be around 5,000 years old, the elder tree’s location… Source: Photo: This is what the world’s oldest tree looks like | TreeHugger

You may find that you can stand in your backyard and easily identify the trees in your landscape. Alternatively, you may suffer from something botanists refer to as tree blindness – the lack of recognition and inability to identify the trees that occupy the space in which you live. Unfortunately, not being able to identify […]

Trees are pillars of our communities, yet we rarely pay attention to how weird — and wonderful — these ancient power plants can be. Source: 15 astounding facts about trees | MNN – Mother Nature Network