We are in the process of updating our interactive GIS database with information for all our Dedicated Tree Honorees. For now, you can visit recent Tributees' pages using the links below.
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We are in the process of updating our interactive GIS database with information for all our Dedicated Tree Honorees. For now, you can visit recent Tributees' pages using the links below.
2023 Tributees
2022 Tributees
2021 Tributees
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Infradivision Angiospermae
Family Name Moraceae / mulberry
Botanical Name Ficus lyrata
Common Names fiddleleaf fig
Native Continents Africa
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Native Range Tropical western and central Africa; from Sierra Leone to Gabon
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Fascinating Facts: Fiddle leaf figs often begin life as an epiphyte high in the dense forest canopy to reach sunlight. When their sticky seed is dropped high on the branch of a tree by a bird or other animal, it can germinate in the rain and sunlight there. Its branches and leaves grow up while it sends aerial roots down toward the ground. It's called a 鈥渟trangler fig,鈥 eventually killing its host by plundering the moisture, nutrients, and sunlight the host plant needs.