smithsonianmag: The Tallest, Strongest and Most Iconic Trees in the World Baobab (pictured): Its bark is fire resistant. Its fruit is edible. It scoffs at the driest droughts. It shrugs, and another decade has passed. It is the baobab, one of the longest-living, strangest looking trees in the world. Photo: Courtesy of Flickr user prezz. Ed note: Cork trees, the soft-skinned monarchs of the Mediterranean.

smithsonianmag:

The Tallest, Strongest and Most Iconic Trees in the World

Baobab (pictured): Its bark is fire resistant. Its fruit is edible. It scoffs at the driest droughts. It shrugs, and another decade has passed. It is the baobab, one of the longest-living, strangest looking trees in the world.

Photo: Courtesy of Flickr user prezz.

Ed note: Cork trees, the soft-skinned monarchs of the Mediterranean.

478 notesShowHide

  1. hammerfromthebargainbin reblogged this from empress-nightshade
  2. seeinglandscapes reblogged this from carex
  3. attempted-felicity reblogged this from discoverynews
  4. neturaltones reblogged this from smithsonianmag
  5. empress-nightshade reblogged this from kyuubeymon
  6. lalvna reblogged this from smithsonianmag
  7. sarcasmisrelevant reblogged this from wadinginastrawberryocean
  8. wadinginastrawberryocean reblogged this from velinthesky
  9. velinthesky reblogged this from inexchangeforyoursoul
  10. inexchangeforyoursoul reblogged this from kyuubeymon
  11. kyuubeymon reblogged this from discoverynews
  12. mayjustmakeit reblogged this from discoverynews
  13. brokenhouse reblogged this from notime4yourshit and added:
    These are photos of a (one of three) Baobab tree that I saw in Botswana.
  14. notime4yourshit reblogged this from smithsonianmag
  15. abnab reblogged this from discoverynews
  16. imtheseagull reblogged this from bobbycaputo
  17. leckies reblogged this from raideo
  18. bloodmarks reblogged this from raideo
  19. raideo reblogged this from huntinginthesands
  20. huntinginthesands reblogged this from bonesniffer
  21. the-rainbow-flame reblogged this from petalsyrup
  22. rhazade-waterbender reblogged this from gahmani
  23. it-varys reblogged this from polerin
  24. polerin reblogged this from petalsyrup
  25. petalsyrup reblogged this from gahmani
  26. gahmani reblogged this from evelark
  27. anunseenpath reblogged this from theweekmagazine
  28. mitakuyeoyasin reblogged this from studyofnature