Big Trees

Champion Trees

source : www.championtrees.org/champions/baobab.htm

The Baobab is found in the the arid savannas of Africa and India, and known as “The Tree of Life” for its vitality and longevity. The distribution of the species throughout the dry parts of Africa is mainly due to humans. This gigantic tree can grow up to 80 feet tall, and up to 40 feet in diameter, with compact, irregular crown, and can live for several thousand years. In spite of the enormous girth of the trees, they are not particularly tall, and thus have a bottlelike appearance. The baobab is leafless for nine months of the year. In the wet months, water is stored in its thick, corky, fire-resistant trunk for the nine dry months ahead.

Trail large trees. Incredible giving Sequoyah with cleft in the barrel. Then a tree fenced fence now in the crevice can get.

source : www.steephill.tv/galleries/2005/humboldt-sp/index.html#thats%20it!
While driving north we stopped at the equally impressive Redwood National Park

The Redwoods

Amazon books > grocery delivery >Champion Trees of Washington State

A must for anyone who likes trees. I know the author and this is his fourth book on this subject. The pictures are good and informative. The text makes the subject very approachable to anyone who likes trees. It describes how anyone can measure and submit giant trees to various national and local registries. Very interesting!

Amazon books > grocery shopping >  Remarkable Trees of the World

Janet Maslin
new York Times
Spectacular….the specimens photographed here are surpassingly bizarre and varied, with text that provides accompanying legends and history. The sense of these trees’ tenacity and adaptability is the lingering gift of this astonishing collection.

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