The old chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while she was in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands is to be cut down.
more from wiki on the tree picked by suebe 3 years ago

A rare ghost orchid has been found growing high in an old cypress tree in a southwest Florida nature preserve. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The tree, a deciduous hybrid related to the rowan, was first noticed in a small lay-by at Watersmeet in North Devon in the 1930s with a no-parking sign tacked to the bark.

It is only recently that scientists have undertaken a biochemical analysis to confirm the tree is a new species and it was formally named yesterday. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Emerge from the heavy foliage of the Oasis - Before you stands the 145-foot tall Tree of Life. The branches span 165 feet across. There are over 100,000 leaves on the tree and the trunk is 50 feet wide. 20 artists carved into the trunk, branches and roots over 320 animals. Thousands worked on the construction of the Tree of Life which took 18 months to build. Photos picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Its been here since humans developed agriculture. Its a Swedish spruce tree, and can teach us a great deal about climate change. picked by jquipp 2 years ago

Police Capt. Randy Pentis said having a person allegedly call a tree service to remove someone else's tree is rare. "It's criminal," Pentis said. "It's grand theft of property." picked by hisidea 2 years ago

Bavarian police said on Thursday they have likely identified the bones found hanging more than 30 feet up a tree as those of a man who left a suicide note almost three decades ago and hasn’t been seen since. picked by kakana 8 months ago

Autumn in the States means tree trimming.
I had a few estimates to knock down a huge tree on the Dangerman Estate come in lowball @ $1250.00.
( removal include, of course ) Imma do it Myself. picked by Dangerman 2 years ago

A team from the European Southern Observatory captured the breathtaking picture of the Christmas Tree Star Cluster over more than 10 hours using the Wide Field Imager in Chile. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

In 1986 Peter had the idea of growing a chair. Nine years later Peter & Becky became partners. Pooktre was born. Together they have mastered the art they call Pooktre, which is the shaping of trees as they grow in predetermined designs. picked by Mershaullk 3 years ago

mephitic dipsomania blamed for execrable deracination of erudition

declared "deontologically deleterious" picked by teaya21 3 years ago

A long lost golf ball, caught in a tree turned up when the tree was sliced up. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

Scientists have designed a synthetic tree that traps carbon dioxide from the air in an attempt to combat growing emissions. picked by kakana 5 months ago

This is the most expensive tree in Britain – worth more than three times the average price of a home.

The Victorian plane, which has a 1.8m (6ft) wide trunk and stands in Berkeley Square in the heart of Mayfair, is valued at £750,000. picked by davethefish 2 years ago

German police have gone to new lengths to nab a serial burglar – dressing up in tree suits and waiting in a forest for eight hours. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

A new species of palm tree which flowers spectacularly once in its long life and then dies has been discovered in Madagascar. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

In Abraham Stroock's lab at Cornell, the world's first synthetic tree sits in a palm-sized piece of clear, flexible hydrogel -- the type found in soft contact lenses. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A Christmas tree inside a northwest Ohio village police department is decorated with more than just the usual trimmings. Mug shots of local sex offenders are pasted on some of the ornaments. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

Pumpkins don't usually grow on trees, but that's exactly where a New Jersey family found one this weekend. The Phillips family found a 10-pound orange object hanging on a vine from a tree in their backyard. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A man is dead after being trapped more than 50 feet up in a palm tree, but fire officials say it probably wasn't the chainsaw wound to his leg that killed him picked by suebe 8 months ago