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Monday, January 1, 2001
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Plant Life - Botany - Natural Wonders+
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Plant Life - Botany - Natural Wonders:
1. Pinus arista - bristlecone. Methuselah Grove, CA
2. Sequoia gigantoa - "General Sherman" Sequoia National Park, CA
3. Redwood - "Howard Libbey" or Tall Tree" - Redwood National Park, CA
4. Montezuma Cypress "Santa Maria del Tule" Oaxaca State, Mexico
5. Southern red oak - Como, Mississippi - plant with largest topspread
6. Wildbox huckleberry (Gaylussacia brachyera), Eastern Pennsylvania - largest spreading plant
7. Rose tree "Lady Banksia" - Tombstone, AZ - largest rose tree
8. Chinese wisteria - Sierra Madre, CA - largest flowering plant
9. Saguaro Cacti - Saguaro National Monument
Source: People's Almanac R 031.02 Peo p. 689-90.
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LCLCPL
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