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Breeding a plant that is so rare that it is protected 24/7.
Once in the forest, the expert unexpectedly found a type of tree that had only one individual left alive on Earth.
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Biology
Story about 'devil tree': Witness the massacre of 1 family and many other deaths
In the past, many people intended to cut down an oak tree more than 200 years old, also known as a devil tree, but failed.
Biology
Detecting longevity oak from the Middle Ages
With a height of nearly 20m and an average circumference of about 73cm, an oak tree in the Kalkalpen National Park has been determined to have lived since the Middle Age…
Biology
The story of ancient oak 'matchmaking' for 100 lovers but is always lonely
In Germany there is a hundred-year-old oak tree called
Archeology
Hundreds of years old turned on the original reveal the medieval remains
The big storm turned on the original 215-year-old oak tree in western Ireland, revealing an estimated 1,000-year-old remains buried in the roots.
Biology
In America there is an oak tree
At the corner of South Finley Street and Dearing Street in Athens, Georgia, USA, a 2.4-meter-high white oak is standing still remembering its father.
Biology
Detecting rare and precious three-sided Oak populations in Nam Nung Nature Reserve
The three-sided oak has the scientific name Trigonobalanus verticillata Forman, belonging to the genus Trigonobalanus - the genus of plants has the lowest level of evolu…
Biology
Digging the 5,000-year-old oak tree trunk
Oak trees living in marshes are often found in fields. This is one of the rarest timbers in the UK, with quality comparable to today's most expensive tropical hardwoods.
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The oldest trees in the world
Yew, baobab or oak are the oldest plants in the world, with ages up to several thousand years.
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Thousands of years old oak forest revealed after the storm
A 5,000-year-old oak forest was discovered on the British beach after the storm swept away the mud covered above.