Thursday 17 January 2008 7 extremes of the natural world

Submission day again, today from my Dad :D Cheers father.

  1. Oldest Trees - 6000 year old Giant Sequoias
  2. Largest seeds - Up 40 lbs from the Seychelles nut palm
  3. Tallest Sequoia - 367 ft 9.5 in. high
  4. Tallest Douglas fir - 417 ft high
  5. Stoutest tree - A Montezuma Cyprus called Santa Maria del Tule with a 112-113 ft girth. Its seeds weigh 1/6000 oz
  6. Smallest life forms - Bacteria, of which 25 million would cover a pins head
  7. Smallest flower - on a Wolffia braz and is less than 1/32 inch across

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