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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 […]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
Bismarck Palm Facts Perhaps most notably, the remarkable Bismarck Palm evolved as native to a small, isolated part of the world. However, in the past few decades, the truly fascinating species has become quite popular as an ornamental. This, at least, helps to ensure the continued survival of this species, which also represents the only […]
Dawn Redwood Facts Perhaps most notably, the magnificent Dawn Redwood forms one of only three known varieties of redwood trees known to man. However, the majority of botanists had believed the fabulous species to be extinct. This erroneous belief held sway until the rediscovery of the species in 1944. Furthermore, this wonderful conifer also remains […]
Korean Fir Facts Most notably, the magnificent Korean Fir represents a variety of tree with a highly restricted habitat range. Yet, even within that range, it only thrives in a very specific region. Given its rather limited range, the IUCN quite understandably lists the species as Endangered. Fortunately for the species, however, it has become […]
Ackee Tree Facts Perhaps most notably, the amazing Ackee Tree is a species that many people outside of its native habitat remain completely unaware of. Its scientific name, Blighia sapida, actually honors Captain William Bligh, who first introduced the species to science, in England, in 1793. In a rather interesting quirk of Nature, the unripe […]
Jackfruit Tree Facts Firstly, the astonishing Jackfruit Tree constitutes the species of tree that produces the largest known tree-borne fruit on earth. Furthermore, although now extensively cultivated in parts of the world, it evolved as native to a highly restricted habit range. In addition to the many uses for its enormous fruit, the wood of […]
Boojum Tree Facts Firstly, the unique and fascinating Boojum Tree has a highly distinctive nature, which makes it stand out from other species. However, it also has an extremely limited range of habitation, making its continued survival a matter of concern. But, for the moment, its numbers remain sufficient to maintain its population, therefore, the […]
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 […]
