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    smithsonianmag: The Tallest, Strongest and Most Iconic Trees in the World Baobab (pictured): Its bark is fire resistant. Its fruit is edible. It scoffs at the driest droughts. It shrugs, and another decade has passed. It is the baobab, one of the longest-living, strangest looking trees in the world. Photo: Courtesy of Flickr user prezz. Ed note: Cork trees, the soft-skinned monarchs of the Mediterranean.

    smithsonianmag:

    The Tallest, Strongest and Most Iconic Trees in the World

    Baobab (pictured): Its bark is fire resistant. Its fruit is edible. It scoffs at the driest droughts. It shrugs, and another decade has passed. It is the baobab, one of the longest-living, strangest looking trees in the world.

    Photo: Courtesy of Flickr user prezz.

    Ed note: Cork trees, the soft-skinned monarchs of the Mediterranean.

     
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