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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mr PERERA" data-source="post: 6511695" data-attributes="member: 176031">10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World. ලෝකයේ අපූරුම ගස් දහය.10. Lone Cypress in Monterey<img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/lone-cypress.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/lone-cypress-2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Buffeted by the cold Pacific Ocean wind,the scraggly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17_Mile_Drive" target="_blank">Lone Cypress</a> (Cupressus macrocarpa) in Pebble Beach, Monterey  Peninsula, California, isn’t a particularly large tree. It makes up for  its small size, however, with its iconic status as a stunningly  beautiful tree in splendid isolation, framed by an even more beautiful  background of the Pacific Ocean.9. Circus Trees<img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/basket-tree.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/two-leg-tree.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/ladder-tree.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/axel-erlandson.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />As a hobby, bean farmer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Erlandson" target="_blank">Axel Erlandson</a> shaped trees – he pruned, bent, and grafted trees into fantastic  shapes and called them "<a href="http://www.arborsmith.com/treecircus.html" target="_blank">Circus Trees</a>." For  example, to make this "Basket Tree" arborsculpture, Erlandson planted  six sycamore trees in a circle and then grafted them together to form  the diamond patterns.Erlandson was very secretive and refused to reveal his methods on how  to grow the Circus Trees (he even carried out his graftings behind  screens to protect against spies!) and carried the secrets to his grave.The  trees were later bought by millionaire Michael Bonfante, who  transplanted them to his amusement park <a href="http://www.gilroygardens.org/" target="_blank">Bonfante Gardens</a> in Gilroy in  1985.8. Giant Sequoias: General Sherman<img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/general-sherman-sequoia.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoiadendron" target="_blank">Giant  Sequoias</a> (Sequoiadendron giganteum), which only  grow in Sierra Nevada, California, are the world’s biggest trees (in  terms of volume). The biggest is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Sherman_%28tree%29" target="_blank">General  Sherman</a>  in the Sequoia National Park – one behemoth of a tree  at 275 feet (83.8 m), over 52,500 cubic feet of volume (1,486 m³), and  over 6000 tons in weight. General Sherman is  approximately 2,200 years old – and each year, the tree adds enough wood  to make a regular 60-foot tall tree. It’s no wonder that naturalist  John Muir said "The Big Tree is Nature’s forest masterpiece, and so far  as I know, the greatest of living things." For over a  century there was a fierce competition for the title of the largest  tree: besides General Sherman, there is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Grant_tree" target="_blank">General Grant</a>  at King’s Canyon National Park, which actually has a larger  circumference (107.5 feet / 32.77 m vs. Sherman’s 102.6 feet / 31.27 m). In 1921, a team of surveyors carefully measured the two giants – with their data, and according to the <a href="http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1016/is_n1-2_v96/ai_8347587" target="_blank">complex  American Forestry Association system</a> of judging a tree, General  Grant should have been award the title of largest tree – however, to  simplify the matter, it was later determined that in this case, volume,  not point system, should be the determining factor.7. Coast Redwood: Hyperion and Drive-Thru Trees<img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/chandelier-tree.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />There is another sequoia species (not to be confused with Giant  Sequoia) that is quite remarkable: the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia" target="_blank">Coast Redwood</a>  (Sequoia  sempervirens), the tallest trees in the world.The reigning  champion is a tree called <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/07/MNGQRL0TDV1.DTL" target="_blank">Hyperion</a>  in the Redwood National Park, identified by researcher Chris Atkins and  amateur naturalist Michael Taylor in 2006. Measuring over 379 feet (155.6 115 m) tall, Hyperion  beat out the previous record holder <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratosphere_Giant" target="_blank">Stratosphere  Giant</a>  in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park (at 370 feet /  112.8 m).The scientists aren’t talking about the exact location  of Hyperion: the terrain is difficult, and they don’t want a rush of  visitors to come and trample the tree’s root system.[Image: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/09/07/MNGQRL0TDV1.DTL&o=0" target="_blank">The  Stratosphere Giant</a> - still an impressive specimen, previously the  world's tallest tree until dethroned by Hyperion in 2006.]That’s  not all that’s amazing about the Coast Redwood: there are four giant  California redwoods big enough that you can drive your car through them!The most famous of the drive-through trees is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandelier_Tree" target="_blank">Chandelier Tree</a>  in Leggett, California. It’s a 315 foot tall redwood tree, with a  6 foot wide by 9 foot tall hole cut through its base in the 1930s.6. Chapel-Oak of Allouville-Bellefosse<img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/chapel-oak-allouville-bellefosse.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/chapel-oak.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/chapel-oak-allouville.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The <a href="http://82.94.219.20/%7Ejpa/english1.htm" target="_blank">Chêne-Chapelle  (Chapel-Oak) of Allouville-Bellefosse</a> is the most famous tree in  France – actually, it’s more than just a tree: it’s a building and a  religious monument all in one.In 1669, l’Abbe du Detroit and du  Cerceau decided to build a chapel in (at that time) a 500 years old or  so oak (Quercus robur) tree made hollow by a lightning bolt.  The priests built a small altar to the Virgin Mary. Later on, a second  chapel and a staircase were added.Now, parts of the tree are  dead, the crown keeps becoming smaller and smaller every year, and parts  of the tree’s bark, which fell off due to old age, are covered by  protective oak shingles. Poles and cables support the aging tree, which  in fact, may not live much longer. As a symbol, however, it seems that  the Chapel-Oak of Allouville-Bellefosse may live on forever.5. Quaking Aspen: Pando (The Trembling Giant)<img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/quaking-aspen-1.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/aspen-grove.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/quaking-aspen-winter-snow.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_%28Quaking_Aspen%29" target="_blank">Pando</a>  or the Trembling Giant in Utah is actually a colony of a single  Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) tree. All of the trees  (technically, "stems") in this colony are genetically identical  (meaning, they’re exact clones of one another). In fact, they are all a  part of a single living organism with an enormous underground root  system. Pando, which is Latin for "I Spread," is  composed of about 47,000 stems spread throughout 107 acres of land. It  estimated to weigh 6,600 tons, making it the heaviest known organism.  Although the average age of the individual stems are 130 years, the  entire organism is estimated to be about 80,000 years old!4. Montezuma Cypress: The Tule Tree<img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/tule-tree.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/arbol-del-tule.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/tule-knot.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81rbol_del_Tule" target="_blank">El Árbol  del Tule</a> ("The Tule Tree") is an especially large Montezuma  cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) near the city of Oaxaca, Mexico.  This tree has the largest trunk girth at 190 feet (58 m) and trunk  diameter at 37 feet (11.3 m). The Tule tree is so thick that people say  you don’t hug this tree, it hugs you instead!For a while,  detractors argued that it was actually three trees masquerading as one –  however, careful DNA analysis confirmed that it is indeed one  magnificent tree.In 1994, the tree (and Mexican pride) were in  jeopardy: the leaves were sickly yellow and there were dead branches  everywhere- the tree appeared to be dying. When tree "doctors" were  called in, they diagnosed the problem as dying of thirst. The  prescription? Give it water. Sure enough, the tree soon recovered after a  careful 3. Banyan Tree: Sri Maha Bodhi Tree<img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/banyan-tree.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/banyan-tree-aerial-root.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/ta-prohm-banyan.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/sri-maha-bodhi-tree.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/sri-maha-bodhi.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The Banyan tree is named after "banians" or Hindu traders who carry out  their business under the tree. Even if you have never heard of a Banyan  tree (it was the tree used by Robinson Crusoe for his treehouse), you’d  still recognize it. The shape of the giant tree is unmistakable: it has a  majestic canopy with aerial roots running from the branches to the  ground.One of the most famous species of Banyan, called the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Fig" target="_blank">Sacred Fig</a>  or  Bo tree, is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Maha_Bodhi" target="_blank">Sri  Maha Bodhi</a>  tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is said that  the tree was grown from a cutting from the original tree under which  Buddha became enlightened in the 6th century BC.Planted in 288  BC, it is the oldest living human-planted tree in the world, with a  definitive planting date!2. Bristlecone Pine: Methuselah and Prometheus, the Oldest Trees in  the World.<img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/methuselah-grove.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/bristlecone-prometheus.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/prometheus-tree-stump.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The oldest living tree in the world is a White Mountains, California,  bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_%28tree%29" target="_blank">Methuselah</a>, after the Biblical figure who lived to 969 years old. The  Methuselah tree, found at 11,000 feet above sea level, is 4,838 years  old – it is not only the oldest tree but also the oldest living  non-clonal organism in the world.Before Methuselah was identified  as the world’s oldest tree by Edmund Schulman in 1957, people thought  that the Giant Sequoias were the world’s oldest trees at about 2,000  years old. Schulman used a borer to obtain a core sample to count the  growth rings of various bristlecone pines, and found over a dozen trees  over 4,000 years old.The story of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_%28tree%29" target="_blank">Prometheus</a>  [wiki] is even more interesting: in 1964, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_R._Currey" target="_blank">Donald R. Currey</a> , then a graduate student, was taking core samples from a tree  named Prometheus. His boring tool broke inside the tree, so he asked for  permission from the US Forest Service to cut it down and examine the  full cross section of the wood. Surprisingly the Forest Service agreed!  When they examined the tree, Prometheus turned out to be about 5,000  years old, which would have made it the world’s oldest tree when the  scientist unwittingly killed it!1. Baobab<img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/baobab-avenue.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/baobab.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/baobab-madagascar.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/baobab-teapot-ifaty.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/baobab-tanzania.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/baobab-zimbabwe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/baobab-toilet.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/baobab-prison.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The amazing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baobab" target="_blank">baobab</a>  (Adansonia) or monkey bread tree can grow up to nearly  100 feet (30 m) tall and 35 feet (11 m) wide. Their defining  characteristic: their swollen trunk are actually water storage – the  baobab tree can store as much as 31,700 gallon (120,000 l) of water to  endure harsh drought conditions.Baobab trees are native to  Madagascar (it’s the country’s national tree!), mainland Africa, and  Australia. A cluster of "the grandest of all" baobab trees (Adansonia  grandidieri) can be found in the Baobab Avenue, near Morondava, in  Madagascar:<a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/%3Ca%20href=" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000203FC.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>  <a href="http://www.sweetim.com/s.asp?im=gen&lpver=3&ref=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000203FC.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>  <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/%3Ca%20href=" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000203FC.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.sweetim.com/s.asp?im=gen&lpver=3&ref=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000203FC.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Bonus: Tree That Owns Itself <img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/tree-that-owns-itself.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Legend has it that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_That_Owns_Itself" target="_blank">Tree That Owns  Itself</a> , a white oak in Athens, Georgia was given ownership  of itself and the surrounding land by Dr. William Henry Jackson in 1820!  The original tree had died long ago, but a new tree (Son of The Tree  That Owns Itself) was planted at the same location from one of its  acorns Bonus 2: The Lonely Tree of Ténéré<img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/tree-tenere.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbre_du_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9" target="_blank">Tree  of Ténéré</a> or L’Abre du Ténéré was the world’s most isolated tree –  the solitary acacia, which grew in the Sahara desert in Niger, Africa,  was the only tree within more than 250 miles (400 km) around. The tree was the last surviving member of a group of  acacias that grew when the desert wasn’t as dry. When scientists dug a  hole near the tree, they found its roots went down as deep as 120 feet  (36 m) below to the water table! Apparently, being  the only tree in that part of the wide-open desert (remember: there  wasn’t another tree for 250 miles around), wasn’t enough to stop a drunk  Libyan truck driver from driving his truck into it, knocking it down  and killing it! Now, a metal sculpture was placed in  its spot to commemorate the Lonely Tree of Ténéré:<img src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/tree-tenere-metal-sculpture.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Balala Honda nam Rep points deela yanna amatha karanna epa.Ela kiri aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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