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a selection of extremely badass trees

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London, England

The Hardy Tree

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

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The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Added by LongNow

Edurudona, India

Thimmamma Marrimanu

The world's largest banyan tree is followed by a community of worshippers.

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Põlva Parish, Estonia

The Tree Crosses of Rosma Forest

Hundreds of small crosses have been carved into the bark of the trees outside this small Estonian village.

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Richfield, Utah

Pando, the Trembling Giant

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

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Sequoia National Park, California

General Sherman

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Ta Prohm

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Added by elsie4LC

Dublin, Ireland

The Hungry Tree

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

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Arlington, Virginia

Headstone-Eating Trees

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

Elliot Carter

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Forest of the Future Library

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.

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Eufaula, Alabama

The Tree That Owns Itself

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

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Soest, Netherlands

Lange Duinen

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

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Oroville, California

Mother Orange Tree

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

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Los Angeles, California

Historic Orange Grove

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

Added by Kristin Hugo

La Habra Heights, California

The Hass Avocado Mother Tree

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts

Pooh's House

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

Added by cwhitenockleby

Munlochy, Scotland

Clootie Well

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

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Forks, Washington

Hall of Mosses

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

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The Very Old Oak Tree

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.

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Queens, New York

The Alley Pond Giant

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

Josh

Killea, Ireland

Secret Celtic Tree Cross

A massive Celtic cross secretly growing in an Irish forest.

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New York, New York

New York's Hidden Tropical Forest

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

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Wickenburg, Arizona

Wickenburg Jail Tree

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

Added by mikewlgm

Alexandria, Scotland

Balloch Park Fairy Trail

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

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Glenelg North, Australia

The Old Gum Tree

The colony of South Australia was proclaimed on a hot December day under a distinctively arched gum tree.

Added by wmiller1995

Oregon City, Oregon

Tree Climbing Planet

This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.

Added by akovar

Uozu-shi, Japan

Buried Forest Museum

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

Added by jupimako

Cornimont, France

Museum of a Million and One Roots

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

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La Push, Washington

Rialto Beach Tree Graveyard

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Lily Landes

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Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Liberty Tree

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

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Lospalos, Timor-Leste

Lake Ira Lalaro

This crocodile-infested Timor-Leste reservoir is also home to a spectacular half-sunken forest.

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Prometheus Tree Stump

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

Josh

Rockport, Texas

The Big Tree

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

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Montevallo, Alabama

Tinglewood Carvings

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

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San Francisco, California

Arch of Colonial Trees

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

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San Francisco, California

Uncle John's Tree at McLaren Lodge

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

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Monterey, California

Monterey's Moon Tree

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

Added by Martin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia's Moon Tree

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

Added by grislydiscovery

Durban, South Africa

Wood's Cycad

The loneliest plant in the world resides at the Durban Botanic Gardens...mostly.

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The Upside-Down Forest of Glacier Gardens

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

Added by renakaba

Buford, Wyoming

Tree in the Rock

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

Added by crackdogx

Šalinac, Serbia

Šalinac Grove

An eerie, protected forest of old-growth oak trees, many of which are now dead.

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Great Banyan Tree

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

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Umbrella Trees

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

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Swing at the End of the World

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

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Wanaka, New Zealand

That Wanaka Tree

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

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Santa Clarita, California

Oak of the Golden Dream

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

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Jönköping N, Sweden

Visingsö Oak Forest

A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.

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