Amazing Places and Species
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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 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 Bois Dentelle 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
Coast Coral Tree Facts For starters, the lovely Coast Coral Tree inhabits a very limited habitat range. Yet despite this, the unique plant seems to have a stable population. Therefore, the species does not appear on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In addition, the unusual tree has recently become popular as an ornamental […]
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 […]
Jellyfish Tree Principle Facts The reproductive components of the Jellyfish Tree’s female flower bear a strong resemblance to the tentacles of a jellyfish. They look like the snakes atop the head of Medusa, from Greek mythology, which is the source of their scientific name. The Jellyfish Tree is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. In fact, scientists believed […]
The Cretan Date Palm constitutes a rather interesting and unique plant species. This palm also, unfortunately, possesses an extremely restricted habitation range. The tree was first categorized by the Swiss botanist, Werner Greuter, in 1967. He also assigned it the scientific name of Phoenix theophrasti. It was named in honor of Theophrastus, the Greek considered […]
The remarkable Tahina Palm ranks as a species of palm considered both quite unique and extremely rare. Now that equals a combination deserving of our attention. Botanists recognized one lone example in 2007. To date, we know of fewer than 100 individual surviving members of the family. Of these, only 30 represent mature specimens. The […]
