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Endangered Trees

Trees play an important role in global biodiversity as each tree provides unique benefits to its
surroundings as a home, nutrient source, carbon sequester, oxygen producer, pollution absorber, a
cooling agent, and so on. Without them, the entire ecosystem would collapse.

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This is the tallest tree in the This tree grows with a This is a deadly tree. The milky
world. The tallest tree in this crooked trunk with numerous sap of this tree is extremely
family is 115.92m high. It is branches. It is found only in poisonous. It is commonly
found in California. St Helena Island. found in the deserts of
Namibia.

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This tree is possibly the rarest This is a beautiful flowering This tree is found on the
in the world, with just one plant species known for its Canary Islands, Morocco,
known plant growing in the sprays of long white bell- Madeira, and the Cape Verde
wild. It is endemic to the Three shaped flowers. It is found Islands. The tree has prickly
King Islands, New Zealand. only in Mauritius. leaves with white-green
flowers.

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Pennantia Baylisiana, Dragon Tree, Coast Redwoods,
Bois Dentelle Tree, Bottle Tree, St Helena Gumwood

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