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Endangered Trees Gallery

To see a larger version of each image, please click on its thumbnail. The larger images also contain caption information on the photographs, and a reference number for each one.

Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) in Muir Woods National Monument, California, USA.
Endangered status of this species:  LR - Lower Risk
US0521106
Giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum)* and white firs (Abies concolor) in winter snow, Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California, USA.
*Endangered status of this species:  VU - Vulnerable
US048/12/03
Bull kauris (Agathis microstachya) in tropical rainforest, Lake Barrine, Crater Lakes National Park, Queensland, Australia. These trees are over 1,000 years old, are 50 metres tall and 2.7 metres in diameter.
World Heritage Site
Endangered status of this species:  LR - Lower Risk
AU1591001
Araucaria or pehuen trees (Araucaria araucana)* and lenga trees (Nothofagus pumilio) on a ridge near Cañi Forest Sanctuary, near Pucon, Araucaria Region, Chile.
* Endangered status of this species:  VU - Vulnerable
CH0011901
Young araucaria or pehuen trees (Araucaria araucana) at 1,350 m., Cañi Forest Sanctuary, near Pucon, Araucaria Region, Chile.
Endangered status of this species:  VU - Vulnerable
CH0031305
Nikau palms (Rhopalostylis sapida), along the Truman Track, Paparoa National Park, South Island, New Zealand.       These are the most southerly growing palms in the world.
Endangered status of this species:  LR - Lower Risk
NZ0352002
Pine trees (Pinus jaliscana) and moon, at 1,150 metres in the Sierra del Cuale, Jalisco, México.
Endangered status of this species:  LR - Lower Risk
ME0020903
Oak trees (Quercus hintonii)*  and young pines (Pinus teocote) at 1,850 metres, Nanchititla Ecological Reserve, México.
* Endangered status of this species:    CR - Critically endangered
ME0010104
Trees (Hildegardia populifolia) amongst granite boulders in tropical dry evergreen forest, Pakkammalai Reserve Forest, Gangavaram, Tamil Nadu, India.
Endangered status of this species:    CR - Critically endangered
ID0112004
Giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) detail in winter snow, Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California, USA.
Endangered status of this species:  VU - Vulnerable
US048/05/03
Decumbent pines (Pinus culminicola) at 3,650 metres near the summit of Cerro del Potosi, Nuevo Leon, México.
Endangered status of this species:    EN - Endangered
ME0041803
Keruing tree (Dipterocarpus sublamellatus)* (left) and buttressed tree (Santeria sp. ) (right) in lowland tropical dipterocarp rainforest, Gunung Palung National Park, West  Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.
* Endangered status of this species:    EN - Endangered
IN029/10/04
Brandberg acacias (Acacia montis-usti) amongst sandstone rocks, Twyfelfontein, Aba-Huab River, Damaraland, Namibia.
Endangered status of this species:  LR - Lower Risk
NA0510303
King Billy pines (Athrotaxis selaginoides)* and pandani (Richea pandanifolia) in temperate rainforest, Pine Valley, Cradle Mountain, Lake St. Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia.
World Heritage Site
* Endangered status of this species:  VU - Vulnerable
AU0962003
Waterfall, pencil pine (Athrotaxis cupressoides)* and pandani (Richea pandanifolia) in Waterfall Valley Cradle Mountain, Lake St. Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia.
World Heritage Site
* Endangered status of this species:  LR - Lower Risk
AU0890501
Palo santo trees (Bursera malacophylla) on Seymour Island,Galápagos Islands National Park, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
World Heritage Site
Endangered status of this species:  VU - Vulnerable
EC008/10/02
Trunks of alerce trees (Fitzroya cupressoides) near Lago Sargazo, Alerce Andino National Park, Chile.
Endangered status of this species:    EN - Endangered
CH0421602
Klinki pine (Araucaria hunsteinii) in the Bulolo River gorge, McAdam National Park, near Wau, Papua New Guinea.
Endangered status of this species:  LR - Lower Risk
PN0020401
Guagara palm (Cryosophila guagara)* and espavel tree (Anacardium excelsum) in lowland tropical rainforest, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.
Endangered status of this species:  LR - Lower Risk
CR0240504
Quino colorado tree (Polylepis lanuginosa) at 3,700 metres, Sangay National Park, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador.
World Heritage Site
Endangered status of this species:  VU - Vulnerable
EC0241701
Pine (Pinus jaliscana)* (left) and juniper (Juniperus jaliscana )** (right), at 1,020 metres in the Sierra del Cuale, Jalisco, México.
Endangered status of these species: *  LR - Lower Risk  and  ** EN - Endangered
ME0020304
Giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum)* and white firs (Abies concolor) in winter snow, Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California, USA.
* Endangered status of this species:  VU - Vulnerable
MFUS01002
Dragon tree (Dracaena draco) on a cliff at Roque de las Animas, near Taganana, Anaga Peninsula, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Endangered status of this species:  VU - Vulnerable
SP0132202
Tilo tree (Ocotea foetens) at 680 metres, near Taborno, Anaga Peninsula, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Endangered status of this species:  LR - Lower Risk
SP0131303
Delfino tree (Pleiomeris canariensis) at 1,020 metres, Pico del Ingles, Anaga Peninsula, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Endangered status of this species:  VU - Vulnerable
SP0130702
Canary cedar (Juniperus cedrus) at 2,100 metres, La Fortaleza, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Endangered status of this species:  VU - Vulnerable
SP0091003
Kiaat trees (Pterocarpus angolensis) with seeds, east of Rundu, Okavango Region, Namibia.
Endangered status of this species:  LR - Lower Risk
NA0570603
Backlit leaf of cecropia tree (Cecropia obtusifolia) in cloud forest at 1,500 metres, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica.
Endangered status of this species:  LR - Lower Risk
CR0141306
Trunks of pochote trees (Bombacopsis quinata) in dry tropical forest in the dry season, near Guacimal, Costa Rica.
Endangered status of this species:  VU - Vulnerable
CR0110503
Prickly pear cacti (Opuntia echios  var. gigantea)* and palo santo trees (Bursera graveolens), near Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands National Park, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
World Heritage Site
* Endangered status of this species:    EN - Endangered
EC001/04/03

This is just a small sampling of the many images I have of Endangered Trees in my files - if you have a specific subject which isn't covered here, please contact me as I may well have it in my files.


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