The Ancient Forest Alliance said the tree that it calls the Tolkien Giant is the ninth-widest western red cedar in the province, according to a list compiled by the University of B.C.'s forestry ...

An unusual northern rātā tree that looks like it is striding across an empty field has been crowned New Zealand's Tree of the Year. The giant plant, which looks strikingly similar to an Ent from ...

July 21, 2021 at 5:29 am PDT. It looks like something out of Tolkien: a wood-shingled cottage balanced between two Douglas firs and a Western red cedar, 15 feet above the Woodlawn neighborhood.