Love for the Forests Deeply Rooted in German Psyche
Throughout their history, Germans have had a fascination and love of forests and trees. The country’s woodlands and glades have been an inspiration to writers, philosophers and everyday citizens alike.
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae (Viscaceae)
Genus: Viscum
Species: V. album
German Pine Tree Has Its Own Twitter Account
A 17-meter-high pine tree located in the German region of Schorfheide (Brandenburg), earned the honor of being the nation’s first tweeting tree, German magazine Spiegel Online reported.
Germany supports trillion-tree campaign
Germany’s development ministry has announced its support for a massive world-wide tree-planting campaign spearheaded by Plant-for-the-Planet, an NGO launched in 2007 by a then nine-year-old boy.