Phoenix, Arizona is trying to cool off. America’s hottest city is planting trees. A Vox video by Joss Fong.
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Toby Jackson of the University of Cambridge, took part in an expedition to find the Amazon’s tallest tree in remote northern Brazil.
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A Keshitsubo Bonsai is 0.08 meters (3.14 inches) tall. A sequoia tree can grow to 116 meters (380.5 feet). Comparing the size of trees. a Red Side video.
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On Capitol Hill, damage from Hurricane Irene is due to rain, not wind. Mature older trees shade the streets, but many have rotted root systems, so the storm’s two days of heavy rain loosened their foundations, causing the trunks to come crashing down, either in the street or on nearby houses. The photo above shows the results on the 1200 block of C Street SE. Here’s what the roots look like:
It’s National Arbor Day. While the official tree of the District of Columbia is the Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea), the Potomac area beaver community urges you to plant more of those tasty Yoshino Cherry trees (Prunus x yedoensis) near streams and rivers. The kits really love them.
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