Social Media Is Killing Thailand’s Loneliest Tree
Thailand’s “loneliest tree”, a solitary tree growing on a rocky islet only a few meters in diameter, is being seriously threatened by hoards of tourists desperate to get a selfie with it. The small patch of land located just off the country’s eastern coast, in Trat Province, has been dubbed ‘Koh Khai Hua Roh’ because […]
The Heartbreaking Story of the World’s Loneliest Plant
The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, in the UK, are home to thousands of fascinating plants, but none as lonely as the Encephalartos woodii, an ancient cycad species and, most likely, the last one of its kind. It was in 1895 that botanist John Medley Wood noticed this interesting-looking palm tree on a steep slope […]
The Loneliest Tree on Earth – A Fascinating Tale of Survival
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, a Sitka Spruce growing on New Zealand’s southernmost subarctic island, is the loneliest and most remote tree on Earth. Not only is it the only tree on Campbell Island, but the nearest other tree can be found over 200 kilometers away, on the Auckland Islands. Located about […]