Cornell collects rare ash tree cuttings in race against invasive beetle

MaMA has so far identified more than 230 lingering ash trees. Most are from the Hudson Valley region, ground zero for the ...
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Ancient & Mysterious: 10 Rarest Trees on Earth

Most trees don’t ask for much attention. They grow slowly and mind their own leafy business. But among Earth’s 73,000 tree species, some are rare and legendary. They stand out not because they’re the ...
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Rare Torrey pines endure on San Diego's sandstone cliffs | Bartell's Backroads

SAN DIEGO — Perched on crumbling cliffs along San Diego’s coastline, a fragile forest of rare trees continues to survive in one of the harshest environments in North America. This is Torrey Pines ...
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We The People: How Iowa is part of the effort to save the rare American chestnut tree

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - On the University of Iowa’s Oakdale campus in Coralville, you’ll find a rare mature American ...
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CU Boulder greenhouse acquires rare ‘dinosaur tree’ that dates back 91 million years

The University of Colorado Boulder has acquired a rare Wollemi pine tree, a tree species that lived alongside dinosaurs and was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in Australia in 1994. CU ...
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Rare trees the fascinating stories of the world's most threatened species Sara Oldfield and Malin Rivers ; with contributions by Adrian Newton and Peter Wilkie

Introduction -- Trees and their ecosystems. Tropical rainforests ; Tropical cloud forests ; Tropical dry forests ; Temperate and boreal forests ; Islands -- Trees and their uses. Medicine, poisons, ...