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                                                                                                  Lynne

 A definition:
Although "tree" is a term of common parlance, there is no universally recognized precise definition what a tree is, - neither botanically nor in common language.                                                             - Goog...........

In botany, a tree is a plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting leaves or branches.

In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants, only plants that are usable as lumber, only plants above a specified height or only perennial species. At its broadest, trees include the taller palms, the tree ferns, bananas and bamboo.    

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hyperthon:

  Tallest trees refer to the height of the tree. In August 2006, a new “tallest tree in the world” was found. It was found in a California redwood, and it’s location was Redwood Forest     ( Redwood National Park, California). This tree has been named “Hyperion” (from Greek mythology) and stands 115.61 meters (379.3 feet) tall! The Coast Redwood is probably the tallest tree on earth, although one occasionally hears of extraordinarily tall eucalypts in Western Australia, and during historical times there have been Douglas-firs (Pseudotsuga menziesii) recorded as being taller than any Coast Redwoods now living. However, it is quite likely that the tallest Coast Redwoods were early victims of the axe, so it is difficult to say if the Redwood was the tallest of conifers during early historical time
from:  http://www.epidemicfun.com/2010/top-10-worlds-tallest-living-trees/

more trees:  http://4-my-best-life.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/trees.html

                                              a "Moreton Bay Ash" tree, & me
                                                                                    -photo by KerryAnne
                                              my favorite tree, & type of tree - they stand so elegantly.........
                                              (the farmer took this tree out shortly afterward - life is so effemoral........)

List of oldest trees

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Old Tjikko, said by some to be a 9,550 year old Norway Spruce, is the oldest known living individual clonal tree, located in Sweden

This is a list of the oldest known trees, as reported in reliable sources. Definitions of what constitutes an individual tree vary. In addition, tree ages are derived from a variety of sources, including documented "tree-ring" count core samples, and from estimates. For these reasons, this article presents three lists of "oldest trees", each using varying criteria.
There are three tables of trees, which are listed by age and species. The first table includes trees for which a minimum age has been directly determined, either through counting or cross-referencing tree rings or through radiocarbon dating. Many of these trees may be even older than their listed ages, but the oldest wood in the tree has rotted away. For some old trees, so much of the center is missing that their age cannot be directly determined. Instead, estimates are made based on the tree's size and presumed growth rate. The second table includes trees with these estimated ages. The last table lists clonal colonies in which no individual tree trunks may be remarkably old but in which the organism as a whole is thought to be very old.
The record-holders for individual, non-clonal trees may be the Great Basin bristlecone pine trees from California and Nevada, in the United States. Through tree-ring cross-referencing, they have been shown to be more than 5,000 years old.
A clonal colony can survive for much longer than an individual tree. A colony of 47,000 quaking aspen trees (nicknamed "Pando"), covering 106 acres (43 ha) in the Fishlake National Forest of the United States, is considered one of the oldest and largest organisms in the world. The colony has been estimated to be 80,000 years old, although tree ring samples date individual, above-ground, trees at only an average of about 130 years.  A colony of Huon pine trees covering 1 hectare (2.5 acres) on Mount Read, Tasmania is estimated to be around 10,000 years old, as determined by DNA samples taken from pollen collected from the sediment of a nearby lake. Individual trees in this group date to no more than 4,000 years old, as determined by tree ring samples. 


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A search of the net will give you some amazing facts. Worth a look!!

There are so many good books on trees:   for example:

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Tree Identification Book : A New Method for the Practical Identification and Recognition of Trees     go to:

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 This site, and the following sites are advertisements for products/services - that I hope you find interesting enough to buy.
Sales, of course, usually pay commissions.......
The information for each site is taken from that site.

2.                                               ...........  such a fun book!!!

  

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax                        go to:

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Amazon has 198,772 entries in the section "books on trees". 
Go there.....While you are there - take a look around - just type anything into the search box - they have  tons of cool stuff!!

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And, here is a site with stacks of interesting info:

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Some old sage said something about being prepared, & vigilant.........yes......

As you know, sales may generate commissions......

Here is that info site again:

http://4-my-best-life.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/making-choices.html

Go and hug a tree now!!

more Trees:
http://4-my-best-life.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/trees.html

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In return, may I ask a favor??
If you would care to reconsider the information above, and purchase something - it would make us both happy!!    

 U R worth it!!!!!!