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St Helena Gumwood Facts The St Helena Gumwood forms one of the ten rarest species of tree on the planet, and evolved as 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 […]Read More
Bois Dentelle Facts The beautiful Bois Dentelle or Elaeocarpus Bojeri remains an exceedingly rare plant. In fact, only two adult individual specimens of this delicate flowering tree exist in the wild. Also, efforts to preserve the marvelous tree as a species have been underway for several years, and success has been extremely limited. Further, the […]Read More
Monkey Puzzle Tree Facts 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 rather unique name also originated in 1850 when someone observed that it would puzzle a monkey to climb it. How that person came up […]Read More
Jabuticaba Facts The truly unique Jabuticaba constitutes a one-of-a-kind tree that also happens to inhabit a highly restricted range of the world. Its most obvious and immediately recognizable feature remains the utterly unparalleled manner in which its fruit appears. Unlike all other known trees on earth, its fruit grows directly from the trunk, and also […]
Kauri Tree Facts Better known by its common name of the Kauri Tree, the magnificent Agathis australis inhabits a highly restricted habit range. Its common name also derives directly from the language of the indigenous Maori people, who inhabit its native territory. It also represents an extremely long-lived species. Many individual trees have stood for […]
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 […]
Guatemalan Fir Facts The magnificent Guatemalan Fir remains a species of tree endemic to portions of Central America. Its endemic range also extends the furthest south of any species in its genus. This tree lists as Endangered by the IUCN. The primary threats to the continuation of this species remain habitat loss and also unsustainable exploitation […]
Mimosa Facts 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. The endemic habitat range of the various species includes tropical portions of Asia, Africa, and Australia. […]
Monkey Puzzle Tree Facts 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 rather unique name also originated in 1850 when someone observed that it would puzzle a monkey to climb it. How that person came up […]
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. Individuals typically occur in areas south of the Sahara Desert in regions including Sudan, Mauritania, and Senegal. The tree also occurs in other parts […]
Bois Dentelle Facts The beautiful Bois Dentelle or Elaeocarpus Bojeri remains an exceedingly rare plant. In fact, only two adult individual specimens of this delicate flowering tree exist in the wild. Also, efforts to preserve the marvelous tree as a species have been underway for several years, and success has been extremely limited. Further, the […]
Peach Palm Facts 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 rather extensive wild population, […]
Penatia Baylisiana Facts The rather remarkable Pennantia Baylisiana represents a fascinating and unique type of plant in the family Pennantiaceae. First discovered in 1945, this incredibly rare and precious tree also constitutes the rarest known species of tree on the entire planet. At the time of its discovery, only one surviving mature Pennantia Baylisiana remained and […]
