probably no place on the planet where it would not be his gigantic tree.Mother Nature has always been rich in miracles.And what is there not in her bins!Sometimes a miracle reveals that even I can not believe my eyes.You start to feel like a little kid who first looks at the precious old grandmother's trunk.
So what is the biggest tree in the world?Perhaps the exact answer to this question does not exist.The big tree - it may be the highest or the widest.Under such a definition may include several species of trees in the world.Consider some of them.
Giant Sequoia - the last of the kind of cypress.Also called mammoth tree, giant sequoia, Wellington and Washington.The last two names came from the names of celebrities.In America, the biggest tree is named after the first president, and in England - in honor of the Duke of Wellington, hero of the Battle of Waterloo.A mammoth is referred to as a giant branches, hanging like tusks.
This kind of at the end of the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods grew up around the northern hemisphere.And today remained no more than 30 trees, which are located in California, in the heat of the Sierra Nevada.The largest sequoias have their own names: "Three Sisters," "Father of forests", "fat tree", "General Grant", "Pioneer Cabin", "General Sherman," and so on.They are all listed in a special registry.
mammoth tree grows slowly and can tolerate frosts to 25˚C, but only if it is a short-term cooling.Adult trees grow up to 100 meters in height and diameter reaching up to 12 meters.Cora their reddish-brown color with large cracks.The needles are too rough, it has a gray-green color.Grow it small egg-shaped cones that mature only at the end of the second year.
Baobab - the biggest tree in Africa, it grows to a height of 30 meters and has a width of 10 meters.Also called tree-sponge as an adult plant can save about 100 thousand liters of water.There is a beautiful African Legend: first, the creator of the baobab placed on the banks of the Congo River, but the tree did not like dampness.Then he moved to the slope of the Mountains of the Moon, but there he was uncomfortable.Angry creator tore baobab tree and threw it on the dry land in Africa.Since then, the biggest tree roots growing up.Indeed, the branches of the baobab is very similar to the roots.
Flowering Tree Sponge large white flowers (20 cm), their bats pollinate.Fruits are edible and roasted seeds can be used instead of coffee.In fruit pulp is rich in vitamins B and C, to taste it resembles ginger.If it dry, grind, and then dissolve in the water, you get a soft drink, something like lemonade.Therefore, the baobab tree is also called lemonade.
Tees.We can not say that this is a big tree, but it is very remarkable.His age may reach 3 thousand years.The needles of the tree contains a poisonous substance, and when it falls, and all the plants die under it.Thus, the yew to feed themselves.A very scenic view of his fall, when his dark like a crown embellished with bright red berries.By the way, despite the fact that the needles are poisonous, edible berries from the yew tree.If you happen to get to the yew alley, these fabulous places you'll never meet.You will no doubt find yourself in a dense forest of magical characters.
