roomthily

map of trees (also split out by species) in DC and made as part of Open Data Day 2013 (by geneva_wirth)

new-aesthetic:

“Everybody has an opinion on Nature. But what about Nature’s opinion? A 100 year old tree, living on the edge of Brussels, was hooked up to a fine dust meter, ozone meter, light meter, weatherstation, webcam and microphone. This equipment constantly measures the tree’s living circumstances. And translates this information into human language. Then, the tree lets the world know how he feels.”

Talking Tree, via Tim M. [More]

TreeVersity (HCIL University of Maryland) - interactive visualization tool to compare two tree graphs

detail from a map of global forest canopy heights (Marc Simard, NASA JPL)

via Earth Observatory

Aboveground Woody Biomass (Woods Hole Research Center, 2000)

via Earth Observatory

U.S. Forest Service model showing the possible shifts in tree species in 2100 based on two different climate change scenarios

via Yale e360

Heart of the Elephant and Castle Urban Forest Map

mapping London’s trees

network of Douglas Fir trees (Kevin Beiler) - 

all trees in dry interior Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) forests are interconnected, with the largest, oldest trees serving as hubs, much like the hub of a spoked wheel, where younger trees establish within the mycorrhizal network of the old trees.

via UrbanTick

map of signal trees (or trail trees) in the Amazon - 

trees “modified by the American Aboriginal peoples in order to signify trails, campsites, or special locations (water supply, food, safety, etc.). Often these were oak saplings that are given a unique bend, usually pointed in the direction of the point of interest.” The scope and spread of these trees seems to be a recent discovery and a certain hesitance to affirm them as man-made abounds.

via Cryptoforestry

prostheticknowledge:

002 by Gerco de Ruijter via BLDGBLOG

Part of a collection of 32 photographs of tree nurseries, which the artist asks the question, ‘How abstract can a landscape become while remaining a landscape?’

There are many other great examples to be found here at BLDGBLOG