If you watched the movie "Avatar", then you certainly have impressed the forest Pandora. But to see the most fantastic trees, you do not need to go to intergalactic travel.
The trees are part of our life, providing us with oxygen, food, housing, heating and building materials. There are about 100 000 different species of trees, including a quarter of all species of living plants on earth. Among the billions of trees all over the world is completely unique amazing predstaviteli.Derevo Dragon
Wood Dragon in Icod de los Vinos in Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, is a unique representative. It is believed that he had between 650 and 1500 years, but experts find it difficult to accurate conclusions, since it does not have a single trunk. Rather, it consists of many small trunks, which keep each other on as the grow up.
It has a dense canopy of leaves and takes its name from the resin, which is released when it cut the bark and leaves. Residents believe that it is dried dragon's blood, and from ancient times used it to treat various ailments.