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Spreading oak tree in summer. (green, leaves, deciduous, shade)
Trees: Giants Holding the Sky
Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.
Ecosystems
Field of baobab trees, Madagascar. (bottle tree)
Trees of the World