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Sequoia National Park, California

General Sherman

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
A tree with exposed roots.
Soest, Netherlands

Lange Duinen

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.
Brock Commons
Vancouver, British Columbia

Brock Commons Tallwood House

The "plyscraper" is the world's tallest building made predominantly out of wood.
A cross-section of an ancient tree fossil shows a much more complicated structure than the rings we know today.
science

Ancient Trees Were Bafflingly Complicated, and Scientists Don't Really Know Why

Tree rings are so much simpler.
Natasha Frost October 24, 2017
These apples all have the same parents.
genetics

Every Apple You Eat Took Years and Years to Make

"Feel free to spit."
Sarah Laskow October 20, 2017
Sharpshooter tree memorial
Washington, D.C.

Sharpshooter's Tree

A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.
Eufaula, Alabama

The Tree That Owns Itself

An autonomous oak in Alabama.
The Hungry Tree.
Dublin, Ireland

The Hungry Tree

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

World's Largest Cashew Tree

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.
Close up of shoes on the shoe tree
Minneapolis, Minnesota

University of Minnesota Shoe Tree

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.
The trees against an ominous sky.
Slope Point, New Zealand

Slope Point

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.
Sawtooth National Forest in Idaho, where Basque arborglyphs have been found.
graffiti

The Mysterious Tree Carvings of America's Basque Sheepherders

Arborglyphs document a lonely life out West.
Kelsey Kennedy October 3, 2017
Corporal Chas Ippel on the right, died on July 26, 1863.
Arlington, Virginia

Headstone-Eating Trees

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.
A jaunty selection from Peter Coffin's 2006 series, "Untitled (Tree Pants)."
art

The Plant-Loving Artist Who Puts Pants on Trees

Peter Coffin's "Untitled (Tree Pants)" is both silly and serious.
Cara Giaimo September 20, 2017
Sometimes the entire tree is cut down to harvest the sap.
Gastro Obscura

Palm Wine

It takes only two hours for palm sap to become palm wine.
Despite its resemblance to a regular banana tree, enset does not bear edible fruit.
Gastro Obscura

Enset

Some bread goes in the oven for an hour; some goes underground for two years.
A close-up of the saber tooth tiger.
Washington, D.C.

Glenwood Cemetery's Chainsaw Sculptures

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.
The Armada Tree, Northern Ireland.
trees

Vote for the United Kingdom's Tree of the Year

Will you choose the one that grew from a dead sailor's pocket?
Eric Grundhauser September 11, 2017