1. The Wonderful- WONDEROUS Tree

4. World’s Largest Living Tree
General Sherman a Giant Sequoia. Sequoiadendron giganteum
Considered the largest organism, as measured by the volume of its trunk (1487 cubic meters as of 2002).
The tree is located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in the United States, east of Visalia, California.
The tree is believed to be approximately 2200 years old

8. Traveler’s Tree
This tree grows like a giant open fan relative of the Banana tree.
It is said .... If a traveler stands directly in front of a Traveler's Tree and makes a wish in "good spirit" - that wish will definitely come true!
The name derives from the fact that a stem can be cut and the water inside can be drunk, hence good for thirsty travelers who need refreshment
Originally from Madagascar

10. The Thickest Tree
The Tule Tree, a Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)
Found in Oaxaca Mexico
Has a girth of 190 feet
Diameter of 37 feet
1994 appeared to be dying, branches were falling off, leaves yellow
Tree doctor called in
Prescription = water

12. Árbol del Tule The Tule Tree
                                                                                                                                                            
Legend says you can make out animals in the trunk- like elephants, jaguars, lions
It’s nickname is Tree of Life

15. Rafiki’s Home

17. Baobab The Baobab or Monkey Bread Tree
Can grow up to 100 feet tall and 35 feet wide
Used for water storage
Leaves, seeds, fruit, roots area edible

18. Largest Seeds
The nut of the sea is so named because mariners often found them floating in the Indian Ocean long before the discovery of the Seychelles Islands off the coast of Africa in That led people to believe they came from a huge tree far beneath the sea.

19. Coco de Mer One seed can cost $1700.00 40-45 pounds
Found in the shape of a double coconut
Female tree does not
produce fruit until
100 years old

20. Hyperion

21. World’s Tallest Tree
Sept 7, THE CHAMPION: At feet, Hyperion in Redwood National Park on North Coast towers 8 feet above
The Stratosphere Giant

22. Julia Butterfly Hill

23. Like many scientific names, the word conifer comes from the Latin words conus (cone) and ferre (to bear). The word literally means cone bearing.
Like many scientific names, the word conifer comes from the Latin words conus (cone) and ferre (to bear). The word literally means cone bearing.
                      
Coniferous Trees
Like many scientific names, the word conifer comes from the Latin words conus (cone) and ferre (to bear). The word literally means cone bearing.

24. Things made from Coniferous Trees
Lumber
Paper
Cardboard
Furniture
You name something

25. Trees only scarred by fire
Ponderosa Pine
Jack Pine
Lodgepole Pines

26. Awesome Trees