Hawk and Eagle Ginkgo Trees

Ginkgo of Hiderita Takakura shrine Height is 29.0m, Girth is 8.1m, Over 800 years old, at Takakura shrine... Hiderita-town, Ajigasawa-town, Nishitsugaru-district, Aomori-prefecture, Japan. Nov 04, 2019 See more

A beautiful 1400 Year-old Gingko Tree. Photo by Han Fei

Cerro Cuadrado Petrified Forest Around 160 million years ago in a temperate to subtropical zone of the supercontinent Gondwana (then a supercontinent comprising... South America, India, Australia, Antarctica, India and some other bits and pieces) that is now called southern Patagonia, a forest of hundred metre tall relatives of monkey puzzle trees was buried in volcanic ash. An entire forest ecosystem dating to the late Jurassic was partially preserved as the ash turned into rock, including many large pieces of Auracaria. The silica from the ash gradually replaced the original plant matter as it was dissolved and re precipitated by mineralised waters. Discovered in 1919 by German Argentinian botanist who followed up the fossil pine cones he encountered in local farms back to their source, the trees preserve some of the earliest evidence for bracket fungus and wood boring beetles. The cones came from a tree known as Auracaria mirabilis, and it is thought that the long necks of sauropod dinosaurs such as Argentinosaurus may have evolved specifically to browse on these huge tall trees. Here we have a rare piece showing a 6.5cm cone still attached to 8.5cm of the branch that once sprouted it, all sitting on a matrix of lithified ash. The eruption occurred during the season when the cones had just finished maturing. Loz Dear Readers, Most of our posts are not reaching your news feed due to fb's filtering system. If you wish to enjoy our posts more often, use the following for information on how to go about it: http://tmblr.co/Zyv2Js1VWMUJ0. Image credit: LGF Foundation https://lgfmuseum.org

Scots pine is of vital importance to many of Scotland's charismatic species including the red squirrel, capercaillie and crossbill. The ancient Caledonian pine ...forest was largely deforested, leaving only pockets in the Highlands where these rare species cling on. Conservation work by charities such as Trees For Life is bringing this forest back in areas such as Glen Affric. See more