70 Extremely Exotic Plants, Flowers, Forests & Trees

The world is full of natural wonders, from powerful medicinal to dangerously poisonous plants, stunningly fragrant and attractive to meat-smelling and disgusting and ubiquitous to threatened ones. From ugly-but-life-saving to beautiful-but-killer flowers (and everything in between) here are some of the most exotic and endangered plants, flowers, trees and forests in the world.

16 of the World’s Weirdest Endangered Trees, Plants and Flowers: From the exotic water-storing Baobob Tree to the infamous Venus Fly Trap, the Green Pitcher to the Baseball Plant, this collection features some of the most visually stunning, fascinatingly historied and unusually endangered tree, plant and flower life on Earth. Click Here to Continue.

16 of the Most Unassuming but Deadly Poisonous Plants: Water Hemlock and Angel’s Trumpet look bright and beautiful but are also notorously fatal. Some of these strange and exotic killers also have medical uses, while others can kill you as quickly, unexpectedly and painfully as a snake or scorpion. Click Here to Continue.

18 of the Most Powerful Medicinal Plants on the Planet: Some plants are deadly while others save lives – and looks can be deceiving. Some, like marijuana and poppies, are largely outlawed while others, including catnip and alfalfa, are widely harvested and put to a great many purposes every day around the world. Click Here to Continue.

20 Beautiful but Endangered Forests from Around the World: Some of the most visually stunning and mysteriously exciting forests on the planet are, unfortunately, also some of the most threatened – including the famous Sherwood Forest and California Old Growth Forests, not to mention many a rain forest. Click Here to Continue.

Bonus: 10 Deliciously Exotic but Edible Fruits and Vegetables: Some of these you might have a tough time finding but as conversation pieces at dinner parties they are sure to pay off. From the monstrously ugly Kiwano Melon to the fractal-filled Romanescu these exotic edibles will certainly turn heads if you can locate or grow them. Click Here to Continue.

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  • web design
    November 20th, 2008 at 7:46 am

    Whoa, a tree that is 3,000 years old? Maybe it saw Jeebus?!

  • wang wen qian
    March 21st, 2009 at 10:54 pm

    I wanted to learn more about strange plants ! This is a very good web site .

  • Cool Garden Things
    May 14th, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    That is a really weird looking tulip…is that for real?

  • what is that?
    June 1st, 2009 at 7:00 pm

    what is the name of the plant in the first image, on the bottom right?

  • S P SHENOY
    July 6th, 2009 at 6:19 am

    Since i am a photographer ilove nature and espcially animals birds and FLOWERS it is heartning that we are loosing most beutiful of them. we all shuld join hands to protect and preserve them

  • mandy
    September 3rd, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    those plans are huge

  • Shadow
    October 28th, 2009 at 6:53 am

    @Cool Garden Things, @what is that? :
    Actually that one is not a plant, but a picture from a video made by 1stAveMachine :
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNynaaim1UM
    (you can see the tulip at 2:06)

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