The Big Tree Plant was a Government-sponsored campaign in England in 2010, to promote the planting of trees in neighbourhoods where people lived and worked...
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Plant A Tree In '73 was a Government-sponsored national campaign in the United Kingdom, aimed at encouraging the population to participate by planting...
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Dodda Alada Mara (redirect from Big banyan tree)
The Dodda Aalada Mara, literally translated to Big Banyan Tree, is a giant approximately 400-year-old banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) located in the...
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Arbor Day (redirect from National Tree Planting Day)
groups are encouraged to plant trees. Today, many countries observe such a holiday. Though usually observed in the spring, the date varies, depending on...
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role of the Forestry Commission. It still works closely with government to achieve afforestation, championing initiatives such as The Big Tree Plant and Woodland...
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The tree onion (Allium × proliferum) is a perennial plant similar to the common onion (A. cepa), but with a cluster of bulblets where a normal onion would...
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Arecaceae (redirect from Palm (plant))
climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are colloquially called palm trees. Currently, 181...
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Woodland Trust (redirect from Ancient Tree Hunt (UK))
and restoration of native woodland heritage. It has planted over 50 million trees since 1972. The Woodland Trust has three aims: to protect ancient woodland...
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Moringa oleifera (redirect from Drumstick Tree)
from the Latin words oleum "oil" and ferre "to bear". The plant has numerous common names across regions where it is cultivated, with drumstick tree, horseradish...
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germinate upon other trees, before entrapping their host tree entirely and eventually killing it. Consequently the young plants are hemiepiphytes, i.e...
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Forestry Commission (category Non-ministerial departments of the Government of the United Kingdom)
initiatives such as The Big Tree Plant and Woodland Carbon Code. The Forestry Commission is also the government body responsible for the regulation of private...
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from the original on 2013-04-01. Retrieved 2013-08-07. Hayes, Virginia (December 21, 2011). "S.B. Big Trees: The Moreton Bay Fig Tree was Planted from...
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Banyan (redirect from Banyan tree)
life as an epiphyte, i.e. a plant that grows on another plant, when its seed germinates in a crack or crevice of a host tree or edifice. "Banyan" often...
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Ailanthus altissima (redirect from Tree-of-heaven)
allows this tree to clone itself indefinitely. It is considered a noxious weed and vigorous invasive species, and one of the worst invasive plant species...
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"Big Log" is a song by English recording artist Robert Plant. The first single from his second solo studio album, The Principle of Moments (1983), it became...
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list of the oldest-known trees, as reported in reliable sources. Definitions of what constitutes an individual tree vary. In addition, tree ages are...
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accession to the throne Supporting the UK government's Big Tree Plant campaign, which planted one million trees between 2011 and 2015 Supporting the 2017 Charter...
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(flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants. Angiosperms...
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Platanus occidentalis (redirect from American plane-tree)
the first host known for Plagiognathus albatus. The American sycamore is able to endure a big city environment and was formerly extensively planted as...
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Maple (redirect from Acer (plant))
However, one tree can release hundreds of thousands of seeds at a time. Depending on the species, the seeds can be small and green to orange and big with thicker...
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Jacaranda mimosifolia (redirect from Exam tree)
Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to south-central South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its attractive and...
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Big Tree (or The Big Tree in Chirinda Forest) is the tallest indigenous tree in Zimbabwe, and a declared National Monument. The tree is 65 metres tall...
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Isaac Newton's apple tree at Woolsthorpe Manor represents the inspiration behind Sir Isaac Newton's theory of gravity. While the precise details of Newton's...
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Dicksonia antarctica (redirect from Tasmanian tree fern)
Dicksonia antarctica, the soft tree fern, Tasmanian Tree Fern or man fern, is a species of evergreen tree fern native to eastern Australia, ranging from...
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Nuytsia (redirect from Nuytsia (plant))
individual host, but is attached to so many other plants that the benefit to this hemiparasitic tree is likely to be considerable. Roots and rhizomes extend...
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The Senator was the biggest and oldest bald cypress tree in the world, located in Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida. At the time of its demise in 2012,...
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The Big Belly Oak (also known as The Big Bellied Oak) is an ancient oak tree in the Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, England. The Big Belly Oak is the oldest...
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Acer saccharum (redirect from Sugar maple tree)
benefits the tree itself, but also many other plants growing around it. The mushroom Pholiota squarrosoides is known to decay the logs of the tree. Human...
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Kentucky coffeetree (redirect from Kentucky coffee-tree)
carpenters. It is also planted as a street tree. From 1976 to 1994, the Kentucky coffeetree was the state tree of Kentucky, after which the tulip poplar was...
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series (unlike the real xerophyte family Cactaceae). Dyson tree: a hypothetical genetically engineered plant (perhaps resembling a tree) capable of growing...
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