Texel is full of these strange trees, which many people have in their gardens in front of their houses. From a distance it resembles a pine tree...
...but up close the leaves are more like a palm tree or a yucca plant.
I saw one tree that had a dried up white flower at the end of the branch.
Does anyone know what type of plant this is???
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Me thinks its is
Araucaria Araucana...
Thanks for showing me the trees!
It is not a native tree of course
Isla,
a quick search proved me right. It is a tree from southern Chile, seeds are edible, same family as Norfolk Island Pines.
Some folks call it monkey puzlle tree.
Here is a site Debbie found with more pictures of the monkey puzzle tree:
http://www.bomengids.nl/uk/soorten/Apenboom_slangeden__Araucaria_araucana__Monkey_puzzletree.html
Not to get too nerdy, but the big sauropod dinosaurs (brontosaurus-type) probably ate these things way back in the Jurassic. Can you send me more pictures?
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