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The walls of this giardino pantesco (Pantelleria garden) protect one immense citrus tree.
islands

The Ancient Walled Gardens Designed to Nurture a Single Citrus Tree

Giardini Panteschi are found only on the windswept island of Pantelleria.
Kristan Lawson April 18, 2018
Palm trees beneath a double rainbow.
Elx, Spain

Palmeral of Elche

Originally planted by the ancient Carthaginians, this sprawling palm grove is one of the largest in the world.
Permanently Closed
Yippee Ki Yay Stickwork Sculptures.
Austin, Texas

Yippee Ki Yay Stickwork Sculptures

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.
The Great Burr Oak.
Columbia, Missouri

McBaine Bur Oak

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.
Turpentine was supposed to be good for lungs and chest ailments.
trees

The Long, Strange History of Medicinal Turpentine

Drinking it was thought to cure nearly everything. (But you shouldn't try it.)
Anne Ewbank March 26, 2018
Palms flourish in tropical zones, but as the world warms, they'll show up in new places.
science

Where Will Palm Trees Grow in a Warming World?

As temperatures rise, fronds will fan out in unexpected places.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 21, 2018
The wax palms poking through low-lying clouds.
Salento, Colombia

Wax Palms of Cocora Valley

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.
Do most islands really look like this?
islands

Most Islands Don't Actually Have Palm Trees on Them

A quick and dirty calculation reveals the reality behind the stereotype.
Eric Grundhauser March 9, 2018
Permanently Closed
In full bloom after Mardi Gras.
New Orleans, Louisiana

Tulane’s Mardi Gras Bead Tree

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.
Studabaker sign seen on Google Maps.
New Carlisle, Indiana

Studebaker Tree Sign

One of the world’s largest living advertisements is made out of pine trees.
This Sitka spruce, sometimes called "The World's Loneliest Tree," contains hard evidence of humans' outsized influence on the planet.
islands

The Island That May Hold the Key to the Beginning of the Anthropocene

A subantarctic spot off the coast of New Zealand is home to a very special tree.
Cara Giaimo March 8, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Spruce Beer

This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.
Tree molds.
La Pine, Oregon

Lava Cast Forest

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.
Mendocino National Forest in 2013.
hidden

Secret Underground Water Stores May Help Trees Survive Droughts

According to a new study of "rock moisture," bedrock is a lot wetter than expected.
Cara Giaimo March 1, 2018
Cottage Treehouse.
Cave Junction, Oregon

Treehouse Paradise

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.
Pappa's forest is full of life.
Kittilä, Finland

HaliPuu Forest

A lumberjack in Finnish Lapland did not want to cut down his Arctic pines, so he offered them up to be adopted by nature-lovers.
Carpinteria, California

Wardholme Torrey Pine

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.
This desert-like landscape is covered with yellow flowers for only a few days a year.
forests

The Forest That Blooms Brilliantly for Just a Few Days a Year

In southern Ecuador, flowering guayacán trees paint the landscape yellow—but not for long.
Sarah Foster February 22, 2018