October 11th, 2015: Monkey Puzzle Tree

Sundae · 10-10-2015, 10:31 PM

I had no idea they were rare; there are four that I can think of just off the top of my head(here in Aylesbury, in Leeds and Otley). Four isn't a huge amount compared to indigenous trees, but compared to how many pandas I've seen in my life, it's not bad.

Probably a late Victorian vogue for planting them, from where I can picture their location/ the surrounds.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-10-2015, 10:38 PM

I don't think they're rare, just the native forests have been decimated, so although they seem to have been transplanted as ornamentals all over the world, they're endangered at home.

10-10-2015, 10:31 PM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I had no idea they were rare; there are four that I can think of just off the top of my head(here in Aylesbury, in Leeds and Otley). Four isn't a huge amount compared to indigenous trees, but compared to how many pandas I've seen in my life, it's not bad. Probably a late Victorian vogue for planting them, from where I can picture their location/ the surrounds. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-10-2015, 10:38 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I don't think they're rare, just the native forests have been decimated, so although they seem to have been transplanted as ornamentals all over the world, they're endangered at home. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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