The most amazing trees in the world. Strange trees of unusual shape from different parts of the world (23 photos)

I have detailed about the most incredible trees on the planet. But life does not stand still and it's time for the second part of the story about the most unusual and interesting trees on our planet.

Baobabs of the island of Madagascar

Baobab is national symbol the islands of Madagascar, and also painted on the coats of arms of Senegal and the Central African Republic. There are 10 types of baobabs in the world. This is a very amazing tree, which is interesting, no one can accurately indicate the age of the tree. Since it does not have annual rings, these trees are long-lived and there are trees with an age of about a thousand years. Scientists claim that these trees can live up to five thousand years. At first glance, you can understand that this is very a big tree with a solid trunk size and height (trunk up to 11 meters wide, up to 25 meters high, and the crown spreads branches up to 40 meters in diameter).

Ficus, Philippines, or we talked about it in sufficient detail in the article.



Young mangrove trees underwater


Mangroves are evergreen deciduous plants that have settled on tropical and subtropical coasts and adapted to life in a constant ebb and flow. They grow up to 15 meters and have bizarre types of roots: stilted (lifting a tree above the water) and respiratory (pneumatophores), sticking out of the soil like straws and absorbing oxygen. Few plants would survive in salt water, but this is not the case with mangroves. They have developed filtering mechanisms. The water absorbed by their roots contains less than 0.1% salt. The remaining salt is excreted by the leaves through special leaf glands, forming white crystals on the surface.

Cypresses, Lake Caddo


Lake Caddo - large lake in the United States, lying in eastern Texas on the border with Louisiana. It is a protected area with some of the largest cypress forests on the planet. The area of ​​the lake is about 106 sq. km.

Wisteria, Japan


Wisteria, or, as it is also called, wisteria (Wisteria), is widely used in decorative floriculture... Looking at the cascading green waterfalls of stems and long feathery leaves, densely covered with large clusters of blue, purple, white or pink delicately scented flowers, it is difficult to imagine that wisteria is the closest relative of peas and beans. But this is true, because this fragrant vine belongs to the legume family, and its fruits are elongated pods with seeds similar to lentils.

Bottle Trees of Socotra Island


The bottle tree This impression is true, for the trunk of the bottle tree does indeed have the shape of a pot-bellied bottle. The tree can reach a height of 15 meters. As for the diameter of such a tree, it can be three meters. The tree grows in Eastern Australia and is very loved by the local people. When periods of drought come, the leaves of the tree go to feed the livestock. But the trunk of the bottle tree is the source drinking water! In addition, very sweet juice accumulates in the upper part of the trunk in special cavities. This is real nectar! The whole plant is used as a whole. For example, the seeds of the bottle tree are roasted or eaten raw. The roots of young trees are very succulent and are eaten as root crops.

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Dragon tree, Socotra island


An old Indian legend tells that a long time ago in the Arabian Sea on the island of Socotra, there lived a bloodthirsty dragon who attacked elephants and drank their blood. But one day one old and strong elephant fell on the dragon and crushed it. Their blood mixed and moistened the earth around. At this place, trees have grown, called dracaena, which means "female dragon". The dragon tree (or Dracaena dragon) grows in
tropics and subtropics of Africa and islands South-East Asia... Socotra is one of six islands off the coast of Somalia in Indian Ocean where this amazing plant grows

Quiver tree, Namibia

Japanese maple


Japanese maples are exceptionally spectacular decorative trees and shrubs. Even in winter, deciduous Japanese maples captivate the eye with an unusual shape of a bare crown, reminiscent of a mushroom or umbrella, and many thin fan branches. However, the beauty of Japanese maples peaks in the fall, when their leaves turn into stunning bright colours: red, orange, gold ...

Every day, going to work or just walking, we see a huge number of trees that have bored us for a long time. Whether it is birch, oak or spruce - it does not matter, since these trees are encountered by us regularly and practically do not cause any interest in us. However, do not forget that in addition to exotic fruits, plants and mushrooms, there is no less interesting trees that can leave an impression for the rest of your life.

We present to your attention the five most unusual trees in the world.

Dracaena dragon or simply the Dragon tree is tropical plant... It grows in Africa, as well as in Southeast Asia. The dragon tree has spread thanks to its unusual crown, which is divided into many branches, therefore it is often used as ornamental plant... No less interesting fact is the resin of a tree that has a deep red color. In ancient times, it was believed that the resin of the Dragon tree has healing properties.

• The dragon tree is a long-liver, as some trees are up to 9 thousand years old.

Baobab

The baobab tree has a trunk thickness that can reach up to 8 meters in diameter, making it one of the thickest trees in the world. This tree has edible fruit which outwardly resemble a cucumber. The baobab fruit is popular with monkeys, which is why the tree is sometimes called the “monkey breadfruit”.

Cypress

Perhaps the best example of all the majesty and beauty of such a tree as cypress is Lake Caddo, which is located in eastern Texas. Within the territory of this lake cypress trees of two types grow - marsh and Arizona. Unlike cypress trees growing on land, swamp and Arizona have leaves, not needles, which gives the lake additional beauty in the cold season, when the trees begin to shed their foliage.

It is worth noting that cypress is quite tall plant, since its length can reach fifty meters in height.

Wisteria

Surely many of you have watched the wonderful film "Avatar", in which the sacred tree "Ava" appeared from time to time. The most interesting lies in the fact that the Japanese wisteria could well be the prototype for this tree, since it resembles many of it. Wisteria has gained recognition from landscape designers for its beautiful drooping flowers, therefore it is often used as an ornamental plant to decorate sites.

Unusual trees photo

Trees unusual shape from all over the world.

There are many talented people in the world whose work is delightful, but still the best artist in the world is undoubtedly nature. She sometimes gives birth to such masterpieces, looking at which you freeze in admiration. In this review, there are photographs of trees, the reality of which is difficult to believe.

1. Rainbow eucalyptus


The smooth bark of eucalyptus consists of many thin layers that have different colors and change throughout the life of an amazing tree.

2. Serrated cherry

The shiny reddish brown surface of the trunk looks especially impressive in winter.

3. Cotton tree


The trunk and branches of the tree are covered with very large prickly thorns.

4. Jaboticakba


An evergreen tree with caulifloria - the formation of fruits directly on the trunk and main branches.

5. Adenium - the sinister Rose of the Desert


All parts of the plant are poisonous, and so much so that in ancient times, arrowheads were impregnated with it.

6. Ceiba


It is one of the largest and tallest trees in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere.

7. Dragon tree (Dracaena dragon)


Dracaena translated from Greek means "female dragon".

8. Quiver tree (Aloe dichotomous)


In the past, Bushmen and Hottentots used hollowed-out tree branches as quivers for arrows.

9. Baobab (Adansonia finger)

The amazing tree is not only the thickest in the world, but also has no growth rings.

10. Chilean pine (Chilean araucaria)


The tree has such tough and thorny leaves that birds do not perch on its branches.

11. Swirling trees


Trees that defend their right to live.

12. Joshua tree (Yucca short-leaved)


The tree was named after a group of Mormon settlers who crossed the Mojave Desert in the mid-19th century.

13. Xantorrea (Grass-tree)


These slow-growing trees are fire resistant and can live up to 600 years.

14. Bleeding tree (African teak)


The tree gets its name from the red-scarlet resin that oozes at the slightest cut.

15. Manchineel tree


Included in the "Guinness Book of Records" as the most dangerous tree in the world - all parts of the plant are poisonous and deadly.

16. Spatodea bell-shaped (African tulip tree)


One of the most beautifully flowering trees in the world is on the list of dangerous invasive species the spread of which threatens biodiversity.

17. Kindioi wax palm


The tallest palm tree in the world is Colombia's national tree.

18. Sequoia evergreen


The giant tree Hyperion with a height of 115.61 m is the most tall tree on the planet.

19. Bengal ficus


The Great Banyan tree - the tree with the largest crown area in the world is located in the Indian Botanical Garden in Howrah.

20. Walking palm tree (Socratea bare-rooted)


These unusual palms move slowly along the ground, traveling up to 20 meters per year.

21. Candle tree (Parmentiera edible)


The fruits of this tree contain a huge amount vegetable oils, thanks to which they are used as candles.

22. Virginia Snowflower


An unusually beautiful tree originally from the USA.

An innumerable number of amazing trees grow on the territory of our planet. We will introduce you to some of them in this article.

We are all accustomed to how the trees that surround us look like in everyday life, so if we see something that is not similar to them, at first we cannot even believe that such unusual trees exist - but they exist, grow beautifully where we are not here and locals take it for granted

Sometimes trees are so unusual that they are given their own names. This happens for a number of reasons - because of the huge age, unusual appearance or colossal size... One of these unusual trees is the intermontane bristlecone pine Methuselah, discovered in 1953 on the territory National forest Inio in eastern California. The uniqueness of this pine is that it is one of the oldest and still living trees in the world - according to experts, this year Methuselah turned 4842. In order to prevent acts of vandalism and protect the pine, its exact location has not been disclosed.

Other ancient tree having given name, located in another North American state - South Carolina. This is a 1500-year-old Angel Oak that grows in the wilderness of John's Island. The height of the oak is 20 meters, the diameter is 2.7 meters, and the most spreading branch reaches 27 meters in length. This oak received such an unusual name from the surname of the last owners of these lands - the Angel family

Also noteworthy is the thickest tree in the world - the Thule Tree, growing next to one of the churches of the Mexican city of Santa Maria del Tule.

The tree belongs to the family of taxodiums, found only in Mexico, the girth of its trunk is 11.62 meters, the circumference of the trunk is 36.2 meters, the height of the Thule tree reaches 35.4 meters, although earlier it was slightly higher. According to various versions, he is from one and a half to six thousand years.

The oldest olive tree in Crete is the Elijah Buibon tree. Despite the fact that it is already about 4 thousand years old, it, surprisingly, still continues to bear fruit.

And in the last place, I would like to dwell on perhaps the most unique of the currently known trees - a relatively young, in comparison with the above-mentioned centenarians, "only" a 400-year-old Tree of Life that grew in the middle of the desert in Bahrain, not far from the city of Jebel Dukhan ... Seems amazing. that such a huge tree survived and grew in conditions of extremely scarce water supplies, and it still remains a mystery how miraculously it succeeded ...