Bizarre trees with a fascinating history

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Bizarre trees with a fascinating history​

Trees have been around for a long time. Some date back thousands of years, and we really are lucky to be able to admire them today. There are some trees around the world that are indeed special. Not just because they're beautiful and unique, but also because they have amazing stories behind them.

 

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Olive tree shaped like a hand​

This 85-year-old olive tree was brought to Beirut for display by a man from the Lebanese village of Hasbaya. He believed the unusual shape of the tree was miraculous.

 

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Buddha in a tree​

Found in Wat Mahathat temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand, there are different theories as of how the head ended up there. It's believed the original statue was decapitated in 1767 by the Burmese army, and the tree grew around the head. Other theory is that a thief hid it there in the 1900s.

 

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Prison boab tree​

Located in Western Australia, legend has it that the tree's human-sized knothole was used as a prison cell during the 1890s.

 

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Dragon blood tree​

Located in Yemen, this tree is known for "bleeding" red sap. It's believed that its sap was used to give Stradivarius violins their distinctive color.

 

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The Chapel Oak​

Le Chêne Chapelle, located in Allouville-Bellefosse, France, dates back to least 800 years ago. In the 1600s, lightning struck and hollowed its center. Then a shrine to the Virgin Mary was put inside, followed by a chapel and a staircase. Unfortunately, part of the tree is now dead.

 

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Son of Tree That Owns Itself​

Circa 1832, Colonel William Henry Jackson deeded this oak tree to itself because he had childhood memories of the tree and wanted to reward it. In his words: "I, W. H. Jackson, of the county of Clarke... do convey unto the said oak tree entire possession of itself and of all land within eight feet of it on all sides." The "Son" of the original tree was planted on the same spot in 1946.

 

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"The tallest one-room house in the world"​

This tree is located in northern California's Redwood Highway. It was hollowed out by a fire around 300 years ago, but it still stands.

 

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Crooked trees​

The bent trunks of these pine trees in Gryfino, Poland, are believed to date back to the early 1930s. Scientists still don't know why they grow like this, but it's likely to be due to a genetic mutation.

 

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Tāne Mahuta​

Tāne Mahuta, which means "Lord of the Forest," in Maorian, is the largest kauri tree in New Zealand. According to Maori mythology: "Tāne is the son of Ranginui the sky father and Papatuanuku the earth mother. Tāne was the child that tore his parents' parental embrace and once done set about clothing his mother in the forest we have here today. All living creatures of the forest are regarded as Tāne's children."

 

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Banyan tree​

This tree was planted in 1873 to honor the 50th anniversary of the first Protestant mission in Lahaina, Maui. Residents hung glass jars filled with water from the branches they wanted to descend, so they'd grow symmetrical.

 

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General Sherman​

This is the largest tree in the world by volume. It's between 2,300 and 2,700 years old, and was named after Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman, in 1879. The tree can be found in Sequoia National Park, California.

 

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Angel Oak​

This oak tree is between 400 and 500 years old, and it can be found on Johns Island near Charleston, South Carolina, US. It got its name from its previous owners, Justus and Martha Waight Tucker Angel.

 

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Monkey puzzle tree​

The Araucaria araucana is Chile's national tree. This tree can live up to 2,000 years old and produces edible pine nuts. As for its name, legend has it that in the 1850s, an English lawyer called Charles Austin looked at one and said, "It would puzzle a monkey to climb that."

 

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Major Oak​

Located in Sherwood Forest (yes, the one associated with Robin Hood) is the biggest oak tree in Britain and a Nottinghamshire tourist attraction

 

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Cypress tunnel​

This Monterey cypress tunnel was planted around 1930 at Point Reyes National Seashore, in Marin County, California. It evokes the prestige of the public coast radio station.

 

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Strangler fig​

The fig tree grows around other trees, with its roots literally strangling the host tree. The strangler fig can be found in tropical and subtropical areas, such as southern Florida in the US.

 

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Cedars of God​

Lebanon's national tree is not as abundant as it once was. But there is still a forest with hundreds of cedar trees that are between 1,200 and 2,000 years old.