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The baobab tree has many intriguing nicknames: the camel tree, the bottle tree, the upside-down tree and the Tree of Life.
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In a world with an ever-changing environment, how can we know what air quality was like before we kept weather records?
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Saknas det avsnitt?
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My husband, Jack, and I have been happily married for 41 years. But one issue we can argue about for hours is the fruit of the durian tree. He loves it. I detest it.
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When you look at the cross section of the trunk of an old tree, you see that it has two zones: the sapwood, which is the younger wood that’s closest to the bark and the heartwood, which is the darker, central part of the trunk.
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In the world of design and construction, the modest sheet of plywood has a surprisingly rich history.
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The world of trees creates many superlatives — the oldest tree, the tallest tree — but I bet that the quaking aspen is the world's liveliest tree. Its round leaves flutter in the slightest breeze.
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We’ve all seen pictures or witnessed firsthand the destructive force of high winds on trees — all those images of crushed homes and downed power lines.
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On a recent camping trip in Nevada, I visited a display of petrified wood.
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On a recent visit to south Florida, I was intrigued to learn about Spanish moss, a plant that looks like wispy gray hair draped in the crowns of live oak and other trees in subtropical woodlands.
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I love sequoias, California’s giant, coastal redwoods.
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I once worked as a surveyor for the U. S. Forest Service in southeast Alaska.
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On a recent trip to Canada, I was reminded of the life and works of Emily Carr, a cherished figure of Canadian arts and letters.
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Trees grace many works of fiction. Think of the magnificent treehouse in “The Swiss Family Robinson,” a beautiful, elevated place of safety on a deserted island.
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Most of us have a bucket list of things we want to do before we die.
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The next time you glide up a ski lift, look down at the trees that pass beneath your boots.
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As an ecologist, I have shelves full of scientific and literary books on trees.
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No chocolate fan has to wonder why the scientific name of the cacao tree translates from the Greek to "the food of the gods."
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In my family, we always choose a Christmas tree with a top branch that’s long enough to support the cardboard angel our daughter made twenty years ago.
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A familiar Christmas song reminds us to “deck the halls with boughs of holly.”
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Trees and people share a habit of sometimes hanging on to things that should be shed.
