To describe the shape of a tree really is a task for a child in the kindergarten. What happens when the usual description does not fit? That is the situation with the most unusual looking trees around the world. Check them out.
Baobab trees in Madagascar
Kangaroo Tail or Australian grass tree
General Sherman – the largest tree on Earth, Sequoia National Park, California.
Rainbow Eucalyptus Trees, Hawaii, USA
Bottle tree, Socotra Island
Famous Boab Prison Tree, Western Australia
Fig and silk-cotton tree
White silk cotton tree
Kapok tree
Dragon tree – Dracaena cinnabari – Dragon’s blood – endemic tree
Wollemi Pine tree. Rediscovered in New South Wales. Referred to as living fossil.
1000 years old Angel Oak Tree on John’s Island, South Carolina
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