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Pictures of trees [last update 2013-02-14]


Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Buttress roots of a giant rainforest canopy tree
Buttress roots of a giant rainforest canopy tree



Canopy of the Dipterocarp forest



Banyan trees



Banyan trees



Strangler fig beginning to take hold on a rainforest tree


Gumbo limbo
Gumbo limbo "Tourist trees" used for treating rashes and sunburn

(Belize)


Looking up the trunk of a giant Ceiba tree

(Costa Rica)

Corteza Amarilla (Tabebuia ochracea)
Corteza Amarilla (Tabebuia ochracea)

(Costa Rica)


Adansonia madagascariensis baobab



Rainforest canopy seen from the base of a compass tree



Diego Suarez Baobab (Adansonia suarezensis)



Giant Dipterocarp tree

(Indonesia)


Split buttress roots of a rainforest tree



Jungle tree in Ujung Kulon NP



Roots of a stranger fig



Strangler fig



Giant ceiba ('Big Tree') in the Panamanian rainforest



Baobabs (Morondava)


Liana wrapped around a rainforest canopy tree
Liana wrapped around a rainforest canopy tree

(Belize)


Gigantic strangler fig


Emergent canopy tree as viewed from below
Emergent canopy tree as viewed from below



Diego Suarez Baobab (Adansonia suarezensis)



Baobabs (Morondava)



Rain forest giant


Rainforest tree
Rainforest tree



Forest of Sitka National Historical Park

(Alaska)


Buttress root of a canopy tree in the rainforest of Barro Colorado Island
(pan01-0698)


Big tree



Tropical rainforest tree in Bogor



Baobabs (Morondava)


Giant banyan tree in Hawaii
Giant banyan tree in Hawaii



Baobabs at sunset (Morondava)



Peucang Island rainforest



Jungle tree on Handeuleum Island



Coconut trees



Large rainforest tree



Looking up the trunk of a rainforest tree



Rainforest dipterocarp



Borneo ironwood or ulin (Eusideroxylon zwageri) in the Borneo rainforest



Kelumpang Sarawak (Sterculia megistophylla)


Cecropia in the Peruvian cloud forest
Cecropia in the Peruvian cloud forest



Lowland rain forest in Java



Kelumpang Sarawak (Sterculia megistophylla)



Banyan trees


Epiphyte-laden kapok tree
Epiphyte-laden kapok tree

(Guatemala)


Palm tree at sunrise



Ujung Kulon rain forest



Dirt road running between two African Baobabs (Adansonia digitata)

(Tanzania)


Adansonia madagascariensis baobab



Baobabs with rice paddies (Morondava)



African baobab

(Tanzania)


Emergent tree rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy


Gigantic strangler fig



Cecropia leaf



Canopy tree



Strangler fig

(Costa Rica)


Tall buttress roots of a rainforest tree



Tarangire hill

(Tanzania)


Coconut trees



Buttress roots of a rainforest tree on Peucang Island



Dipterocarp forest in Borneo



Tree leaves

(Alaska)


Roots of a strangler fig

(Indonesia)


Large rainforest tree



Big tree



Forest trees along the Rio Formoso


Giant rainforest tree
Giant rainforest tree

(Costa Rica)


Baobabs (Morondava)



Adansonia madagascariensis baobab


Banyan tree in Hawaii
Banyan tree in Hawaii



Buttress roots



Giant ceiba



Massive stranger fig



Seed pod

(Suriname)


Tropical rainforest in Bogor



Peucang Island rainforest



Redwoods in Huddart County Park



Strangler fig


Palm fruits
Palm fruits

(Guatemala)


Tropical rainforest tree in Bogor



Gigantic strangler fig



Towering Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon

Strange palm leaf
Strange palm leaf

(Guatemala)


Forest of Sitka National Historical Park

(Alaska)

Kapok tree towering over the forest
Kapok tree towering over the forest

(Costa Rica)


Lowland rain forest in Java's Ujung Kulon National Park



Dipterocarps in the Borneo rainforest



Cuipo; Cavanillesia platanifolia; a tree with a bulbous trunk
(pan01-0720)


Trees in Sitka National Historical Park

(Alaska)


Rainforest dipterocarp



Lichen-covered redwood trees



Cecropia tree


Banyan trees



Diego Suarez Baobab (Adansonia suarezensis)


Kapok tree towering over the forest
Kapok tree towering over the forest

(Costa Rica)


Red tree in Borneo



Strangler fig



Tropical forest in Java



Dipterocarps in the Borneo rainforest



Baobabs (Morondava)



Thorns on the trunk of the Pejibaye (peach palm), a rainforest tree. Fruits of this palm are boiled, pealed and eaten with mayonnaise.

(Costa Rica)


Banyan trees



Fruit

(Suriname)


Looking up the inside of a strangler fig tree



Giant kapok (ceiba) rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy



rhett



Rainforest tree with lianas


Strange rainforest palm
Strange rainforest palm

(Costa Rica)


Roots of a strangler fig

(Indonesia)


Gigantic strangler fig



Banyan trees


Epiphyte-laden branches of a giant Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) at Tikal
Epiphyte-laden branches of a giant Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) at Tikal

(Guatemala)


Fuschia-colored tree flower in Colombia



Tropical forest tree in Java



Orchids growing up the trunk of a tree in a Colombian cloud forest

Palm fruit
Palm fruit

(Costa Rica)


Strangler fig



Red flowers (Passifloraceae?)


Strangler fig wrapped around a canopy tree
Strangler fig wrapped around a canopy tree

(Belize)

Gumbo limbo
Gumbo limbo "Tourist tree" (Bursera simaruba)

(Belize)

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