Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Unique Trees

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      While there are many common trees in the world, there are also trees that stand out from the rest due to their unique features. For example, a Giant Sequoia by the name of General Sherman is currently the largest tree in the world weighing in at over 6,000 tons. The Circus Trees of bean farmer Axel Erlandson are probably the oddest looking trees because he shaped them into baskets, arches, ladders, and more! Something like the Tree of Tenere can also stick out (pardon the pun) because of its location in the Sahara over 250 miles from a fellow tree. After bing hollowed out by a lightning strike, the Chene-Chapelle (Chapel-Oak) of Allouville-Bellefosse, France was converted into a chapel! A bristle-cone pine tree in the mountains of California, named Methuselah, is the oldest living tree known to man at 4,838 years old. Every tree has a story to tell, but some contain more captivating narratives than others.

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