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Today, August 9th, @Smokey_Bear turns 80. Even though we're celebrating all year long, here's a special happy birthday to Smokey direct from Xochitl Torres Small, Deputy Secretary of the @USDA. Happy birthday Smokey!

Big-cone pine (Pinus coulteri) produces the world's largest pine cones by mass, reported to reach up to half a metre in length, and weigh 5kg. Wow.

Want to know about wildfire? Join Forest Service scientists and others for another season of Forestcast, which will focus all episodes on wildfires. Search “Forestcast” wherever you get your podcasts. Here is the R&D page link for already aired episodes: fs.usda.gov/research/produ…

Ever heard of a cuckoo tree? It's the term given when one tree grows out of another, in this case a holly growing out of a yew tree. Weird eh! 🤔 #cuckootree

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An Upside-Down Fig Tree that grows from the ceiling of an ancient Roman ruin in Bacoli, Italy - Archaeological Park of Baiae. The tree sprouts from the ceiling of the arch it grows inside, which was allegedly part of the Emperor Nero's private villa.

The Signing Oak - Windsor Great Park, England 🌳 Approximately 900 years old Photo: Jeroen Philippona #trees

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Study Finds Spending Time Among #Trees Helps Kids’ Brain Development trees.gr/913 🌳🧠

Here's why a #tree is planted in Uganda every time a baby is born 9,000 miles away trees.gr/9ct 🌳🇺🇬🍼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

For Big, Old #Trees, It's a Downhill Slide When It Comes to Reproduction trees.gr/jx8

How a Juneau #arborist saved a paraglider stuck between two trees trees.gr/pip

Keep an eye on the tree trunks as we're entering in to the secondary growth and thickening phase of a trees growth season The tree now grows outward, putting on its growth ring for the year But you see cool stuff like this bark lifting! #SecondaryThickening #ThickTrunkTuesday

Couple fined $18,000 for bulldozing dozens of Joshua #trees to make way for home trees.gr/5zg

The Buddhist practice of planting #trees in human ashes is saving space across the planet trees.gr/i4x

Monkeys poop a ‘rotten’ fruit #tree that’s new to science trees.gr/hsa 🐒💩🌳

Scientists at the University of Queensland have come up with a technique that uses just one millimetre of an #avocado tree cutting to create hundreds more trees.gr/2o8

Take a gander at this informative brochure and learn about services that arborists provide, criteria for selecting an arborist, and the benefits of hiring an ISA Certified Arborist®. treesaregood.org/treeowner/whyh…