In whatever age we may belong, whether an old one who wish
to spend his afternoon under a tree, or a teenager who is writing a novel or
reviewing a film, we all search for a tree that will give us inspiration. The
trees are really fascinating in their own appeal like being tall, heavy, old or
even the deadliest one. Here are the 10 kinds of trees that will really capture
your fascination about trees.
10. Shape Trees - U.S.A
The Tree Circus is the absolute embodiment of
arborsculpture, near Santa Cruz, California. It keeps on inspiring tourists from
50 years now, after the passing away of its creator. The Swedish immigrant, Axel Erlandson grew up in
Minnesota but settles in California. He was motivated to shape trees as a pastime
work right after witnessing a native inosculation in his hedgerow. Inosculation
is the process wherein two roots, branches, or trunks are grafted together.
This happening led him to experiment with trees and purchased a lot to
transport his best trees. In 1947, he opened The Tree Circus, and charged the
visitors to pay 30 cents each. Until now, tourists are still witnessing the unbelievable
trees that are growing there.
9. Poisonous tree - Central and Southern America
This Manchineel is considered the most toxic tree of all. Its
white milky sap can cause an allergic reaction when it touches the skin. The
liquid can cause burns and blisters when
you have an accident, contact with it while raining. The burning of its
wood can cause blindness when the smoke gets in the eyes. The fruit is fatal to
eat, it may cause bleeding, bacterial super infection, shock and most lastly
and severely is death.
8. Solo tree existed - New Zealand
This Pennantia Baylisiana plant was found out in New Zealand
in 1946. The Guiness World Record called
this plant as one of the rarest of all plants in the world. This specimen is a
single female species tree that existed in the wild. The scientist has tried
and tested to make more of it, but it needs a male partner to generate properly
and bear fruits, although it produces seeds and viable pollen.
7. Mysterious tree - Bahrain
This mysterious tree is the Tree of Life, whom believed by
local residents to be the place of the Garden of Eden. The Tree of Life raised
alone in a sea of sand over the Bahrain island. In 400 years that passed, the
mesquite tree has grown without any water source and it is miles away from
vegetation. This became a famous tourist attraction that records 50,000
visitors every year. It is called the Tree of Life by using its adaptation to
spread the roots wide and deep in order to get spring water irrigation from kilometers
away. Truly a mysterious tree.
6. Heaviest root tree - USA
Pando is situated near the Fish Lake of the Utah's Route 25,
in the River of Fremont in Ranger District of Fishlake National Forest. This
Trembling Giant tree or Pando is a Latin word which means my spread. It is a colonial
settlement of a single male trembling aspen. It is assumed to weigh 6,000,000
kg, making it the most weighty organism; and the root system is approximately 80,000
years old, making it the oldest living organisms in the world.
5. Oldest tree - U.S.A
It was just recently recorded that the oldest known living tree
was Bristlecone Pine Great Basin. In
2013, it was discovered in California of the White Mountains to age about 5,064
years old. It only means that it sprouted in 3051 B.C., during the history of initiating
human’s written script, and the tree was lucky for not developing into a paper.
4. Largest tree by volume - USA
Deep within the Sequoia National Park, Giant Forest in
California, situated the real natural world beauty. The General Sherman is
among the widest, tallest, longest living and the largest by volume tree in the
world, although, in the history of man, it is not still the largest tree in the
world .
3) Surviving tree - Alberta
Burmis tree is situated near the previous town of Burmis in Alberta
in the southwestern area. In 1978, the burmis tree died after 300 years of
life. But instead of it starting to decayed, it sustained to stand tall and
showing no mark of decomposition. There are numerous harsh conditions that
survived by the tree; losing its needles in 1978, a wind collapses it in
1998, and a branch of it was cut in
2004. Still, the members of the community did not want it lying down. The Historic
Sites of Alberta culture use stainless brackets, steel rods and even glue to
support and stabilized the tree. The tree truly represents resilience and longevity.
2. Sacred tree - Mexico
The 1600 years old tree of Tule or Arbol del Tule is a tree situated
in the grounds of the church in the town center of Santa Maria, Oaxaca, Mexico.
This tree is the plumpest tree on earth. As a local fairy tale goes by, the
tree was buried in the ground about 1,400 years ago. It is rarely called the
tree of life from the imagery of animals that were allegedly seen in the tree's
twisted trunk. Now, the site becomes a famous tourist destination and considered
to be the sacred tree of all.
1. Tallest tree - USA
Hyperion is about an 800 year old redwood coast located in
California in the Northern area. It is known as the tallest and highest living
tree called as the coast redwood. Its height is twice as the tallness of the
Statue of Liberty. It was discovered in 2006 of August in the remote place of
State Parks and Redwood National.
