Trees grow tall and mighty, and they don’t care what stands in their way. Neither signs, sculptures, nor other things that we attach to them can match their strength.
We at Bored Panda put together a list of pictures that show “hungry” trees devouring everyday objects just because they can.
So continue scrolling to remind yourself that nature is a force to be reckoned with. And if, for whatever reason, you need more proof after you’re done, fire up our earlier publication about the times Mother Earth made people go “well, that sucks.”
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Trees Can’t Read
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Tree Grew Around This Sign, Only Leaving The Word “Help” Visible
But as much as we admire them, trees are in a lot of trouble. A recent first-of-its-kind study assessing every kind of tree native to the United States found that 11% to 16% of them are threatened with extinction.
The research was carried out across the lower 48 United States over the past five years. It was a collaboration of multiple different organizations throughout the country and even a few global contributors. The result provided a better understanding of the current condition of the local plants and a starting point to work on to protect them.
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This Tree Grew Around A Stone Sculpture Of A Face, Making It Appear As If There Is A Green Man Trapped Inside
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Nom Nom Nom
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This Sculpture Of Jesus At Abandoned Cemetery In Poland Gets Slowly Absorbed By A Tree
“We can’t protect what we don’t know about,” said Susan Pell, Executive Director of the United States Botanic Garden. “And so we really have to have a baseline of understanding of what things are at risk.”
The scientists looked at the extinction risk, patterns of geographic and taxonomic diversity, and leading threats facing the species. The most common threat turned out to be invasive and problematic pests and diseases.
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How?
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Sharing Is Caring
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Arms In The Air And Smiling
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After 10 Months This Tree Has Almost Swallowed A Key
Additional climate change threats include worsening drought conditions in parts of the country, widespread wildfires, and more intense storms with heavy rain. Other stressors for trees come from development and agriculture.
“What we’ve identified are the species that are most at risk,” Pell said. “And we’re also looking at some habitats that are most impressive on some of these areas and coastal environments, for example, that are under threat for development, and thinking about ways that we can conserve plants, both from a land perspective but also looking at what can we do for individual species that are really at risk.”
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Tree Astride A Wall
You Would
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Squint Too, If You Had To Gobble Up A Traffic Sign
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This Forgotten Bike That Grew Into A Tree
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I Lost These Glasses 10 Years Ago. Apparently, This Young Hackberry Has Taken Over Them
One of them is the Franklin Tree, also known as the Franklinia, which is native to the state of Georgia.
It was collected in the 1800s and never seen in the wild again. Now, however, it’s found in over 100 living collections. An encouraging success story when you consider what is at risk if we lose threatened trees.
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This Tree Swallowing A Trespassing Sign
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Has Been Here For A Magical 8 Years
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Has Absorbed It’s Bench Over The
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This Tree Grew Around A Fire Hydrant
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Was Told This Belongs Here. An Oak Tree Growing Around An Electrical Box
Saw This On My #19
Lunch Break Yesterday
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Motorcycle In Pine. Laconia, NH
Source: https://fancy4talk.com
