Most puzzling, we discovered, was that the biggest rainforest trees were most vulnerable of all. Why would big trees be so susceptible? In the Amazon, as elsewhere, large trees are often centuries ...

"Classification as rainforest trees, albeit those with a unique dependence on fire, adds support to arguments in favour of old growth conservation." Tags: conservation, rain-forests-and-forest, botany ...

Where to find some of the best big trees in Western WA . April 25, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated April 25, 2024 at 6:00 am . By . ... your top destination may be the Quinault Rainforest.

Giant Dipterocarp tree in Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra. My guide called this individual a ‘BMW tree,’ in that if logged it would generate enough cash to buy luxury car in Medan, Sumatra.

CITES: big win for Asian rainforest tree. Posted on October, 08 2004. WWF and TRAFFIC today hailed the success of Indonesia's proposal to list ramin – a tropical hardwood that is found in Asian ...

Rainforest Trees Are Like Islands. The bigger the tree, the greater the diversity of ant species that call it home. By Veronique Greenwood. Nacho Doce / Reuters. February 6, 2017. Share. Save.

Releaf Michigan started the Big Tree Hunt in 1993. The nonprofit was founded in 1988 by a group of arborists who wanted to address the depleting tree canopy in Michigan.

The biggest Michigan trees recorded in the most recent Big Tree Hunt, which ended in 2022, were both cottonwoods: A tree with a 308-inch circumference discovered by youth hunter Aidan Presnell in ...