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In 1985, the Ornäs birch was named as the national tree of Sweden, and examples have been planted in central locations in many Swedish towns. In that same year, the first eight Betula pendula 'Dalecarlica' were imported to Pretoria, South Africa, from a nursery in Germany, by an avid tree lover, Karl Ernst Haese.
This is a list of national trees, most official, ... European beech: Fagus sylvatica [32] ... Sweden: Ornäs birch:
5 m (16 ft 5 in) Date seeded. c. 7550 BC. Old Tjikko [a] is an approximately 9,566 years-old Norway spruce, located in the Dalarna province in Sweden. Old Tjikko originally gained fame as the "world's oldest tree". [1] Old Tjikko is, however, a clonal tree that has regenerated new trunks, branches and roots over millennia rather than an ...
The Dominican Republic's national flower was originally the flower of the caoba (mahogany tree, Swietenia mahagoni). In 2011, the mahogany was dubbed the national tree, vacating the national flower spot for the Bayahibe rose (Pereskia quisqueyana) in order to bring attention to its conservation. [89]
Flamingo (national bird) Phoenicopterus ruber [6] Bangladesh: Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [7] Magpie robin (national bird) Copsychus saularis: Ilish (national fish) Tenualosa ilisha Belize: Baird's tapir (national animal) Tapirus bairdii [8] Keel-billed toucan (national bird) Ramphastos sulfuratus [9] Botswana: Plains ...
About 20 km (12 mi) from central Stockholm are the Tyresta National Park and Nature Reserve. The area is characterised by a rift valley landscape which is typical for central Sweden but unique in an international perspective. The national park has an area of 19.7 km 2 (7.6 sq mi), and the surrounding nature reserve 27 km 2 (10 sq mi), making ...
Tilia cordata is a deciduous tree growing to 20–40 m (66–131 ft) tall, diameter 1/3 to 1/2 the height, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter. The largest known trunk circumference was a specimen in Närke, Sweden, that measured 8.35 meters circumference at chest height. Lindar in Germany is said to be over 1000 years old. [ 6]
Pinus sylvestris is an evergreen coniferous tree growing up to 35 metres (115 feet) in height [ 4] and 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in trunk diameter when mature, [ 5] exceptionally over 45 m (148 ft) tall and 1.7 m ( 51⁄2 ft) in trunk diameter on very productive sites. The tallest on record is a tree over 210 years old growing in Estonia which stands at ...