Tag: Monkey Puzzle Tree

  • Fun Fact #26 The seedlings of what tree were planted citywide in 1905?

    Answer: The Monkey Puzzle Tree. Monkey Puzzle trees look like a Dr. Seuss illustration of a tree come to life.  In 1993 there were at least 150 trees of this variety in Portland—at least a third of those had “roots” in Slabtown’s 1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial Fair.  The Monkey Tree (Araucaria araucana) is native […]

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