The world's second-largest known tree, the President, in Sequoia.It takes a special kind of tree to have a nickname.“The President” is one of those trees. The giant sequoia stands 247 feet tall, measures 45,000 cubic feet in volume, and is an estimated 3,200 years old.
Throughout the countryside there are thorn bushes growing all alone in the middle of fields
Some people believe that the bushes are the homes of the fairies, and, if anyone tries to cut them down or damage them, it is likely they will die young, or become seriously ill. Article at the link
After centuries of shipbuilding with timber, there aren't very many
old trees left in South Carolina - which is partially what makes this Angel
Oak outside of Charleston so special. That and the fact that the
arboreal behemoth is said to be up to 1,400 years old and the oldest
of its kind east of the Mississippi
River. Located on John's Island, Angel Oak is 66.5 feet tall, 22.5
feet around, and it provides an extraordinary 17,200 square feet of shade!