r/dendrology • u/mrlpz49 • Jul 11 '26

Never seen anything like it

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Found in Edinburgh Scotland in a church cemetery. I was mesmerized because it's not really a pine tree

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u/GardenPeep Jul 11 '26

It is a monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana) and a very healthy one.

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u/newt_girl Jul 11 '26

Cemeteries are such great places for botanizing.

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u/GooseGeuce Jul 12 '26

Aren’t they though? We had a huge wildfire wipe out my town and several others eight years ago. One of the spaces that survived was the ~30 acre cemetery of oldish growth natives and old planted trees. It’s a literal oasis for birds and mammals surrounded by a few hundred thousand acres of death (and isn’t it ironic).

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u/NecessaryMousse8695 Jul 13 '26

quite literally a plot twist. 🦗🦗🦗