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The St Helena Gumwood forms one of the ten rarest species of tree on the planet, and remains endemic only to the island of St Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. Even there the St Helena Gumwood grows in only a specific habitat range. At one time, it represented one of the most abundant species on […]Read More
The Bois Dentelle or Elaeocarpus Bojeri is an exceedingly rare plant. In fact, only two adult individual specimens of this delicate flowering tree exist in the wild and those grow together on a small hillside in the cloud forest of Mauritius. Efforts to preserve the marvelous tree as a species have been underway for several […]Read More
Monkey Puzzle Tree serves as the colloquial name for the Araucaria araucana. This plant species remains an ancient one that often gets called a living fossil. The unique name originated in 1850 when someone observed that it would puzzle a monkey to climb it. How that person came up with that description is just incredible. […]Read More
Rainbow Eucalyptus Facts The living kaleidoscope known as the absolutely beautiful Rainbow Eucalyptus forms the only species of eucalyptus tree endemic to the Northern Hemisphere. It can also now be found growing in numerous other parts of the world. This has come about due to its (eminently understandable) popularity as an ornamental tree. Yet beauty […]
The Guatemalan Fir remains a species of tree endemic to portions of Central America. Their endemic range also extends the furthest south of any species in its genus. This plant exists natively from southern Mexico to El Salvador and Honduras in the south. This tree lists as Endangered by the IUCN. The primary threats to the […]
The Mimosa forms a rather highly popular ornamental type of tree. This plant species produces seeds in vast numbers and also sprouts quickly when cut. Roughly fifty known extant species of this tree exist at this time. Their endemic habitat range includes tropical portions of Asia, Africa, and Australia. The species was introduced into the […]
Monkey Puzzle Tree serves as the colloquial name for the Araucaria araucana. This plant species remains an ancient one that often gets called a living fossil. The unique name originated in 1850 when someone observed that it would puzzle a monkey to climb it. How that person came up with that description is just incredible. […]
The Adenium Flower Bonsai represents a remarkably hardy species of flowering plant which also is a member of the dogbane family. This plant remains endemic only to certain arid regions. They typically occur in areas south of the Sahara Desert in regions including Sudan, Mauritania, and Senegal. The tree also occurs in other parts of Africa […]
The Bois Dentelle or Elaeocarpus Bojeri is an exceedingly rare plant. In fact, only two adult individual specimens of this delicate flowering tree exist in the wild and those grow together on a small hillside in the cloud forest of Mauritius. Efforts to preserve the marvelous tree as a species have been underway for several […]
The Peach Palm represents a species of palm endemic to portions of South America and Central America. This plant species serves as a vital food source for many animal species. The Peach Palm also gets utilized by humans for a variety of economic purposes. In addition to its extensive wild population, humans often cultivate it. […]
The Pennantia Baylisiana represents a unique type of plant in the family Pennantiaceae. First discovered in 1945, this tree also forms the rarest known species of tree on the entire planet. At the time of its discovery, only one surviving mature Pennantia Baylisiana remained. Evidence also indicates that storms previously destroyed the other mature trees, […]
The St Helena Gumwood forms one of the ten rarest species of tree on the planet, and remains endemic only to the island of St Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. Even there the St Helena Gumwood grows in only a specific habitat range. At one time, it represented one of the most abundant species on […]
The African Blackwood constitutes a flowering tree in the family Fabaceae. This plant appears to be endemic to the seasonally dry regions of Africa with an exact range extending from Senegal to Eritrea and South Africa. The African Blackwood forms a rather economically important timber species within its native range. Its unique wood primarily gets used […]
