It is also important for baskets, totems, canoes, clothing, and even shelter. It provides sails, diapers, and blankets. It was an important tree for earlier Native Americans such that a section of them called themselves “people of the redcedar.” Quinault Lake (Western Redcedar) is a rare tree found in Washington. Some years ago, it was endangered because invasive gall wasps attacked it, but Hawaiian officials identified another wasp that stopped the first.
It is deciduous and sheds its leaves in summer. Its flowers can produce several colors, including white, green, salmon, and yellow. It is about 40 feet tall and 187 inches wide. It is estimated to be over 3,000 years old and is actually the fourth-longest living tree on earth.Īlso, there is the Wili Wili Coralbean Tree in Hawaii. The Bennet Tree in California, 6 also known as the Western Jupiter is another important rare tree in North America that you should know. Some tree and plant experts call it the hedge or horse apple, or monkey ball because it produces spherical bumpy fruit with white latex that is sticky. It has a height of 60 feet and a girth of 349 inches. It is much younger than the other two and is estimated to be about 200 years old. It is fairly large and has a circumference of 467 inches.Īnother rare tree in North America is the Osage Orange found in Virginia. Its name is thought to originate from the woman who named it and was thought to have had seven sisters. There is also the Seven Sisters, otherwise known as the Live Oak. It is estimated to be over 2,200 years old and weighs an estimated 747 airplanes.
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