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Acrocarpus fraxinifolius - Pink Cedar


Acrocarpus fraxinifolius - Pink Cedar (Acrocarpus fraxinifolius - Pink Cedar)

These are perhaps the tallest Pink Cedars in the state of California. At almost 90ft/28m tall they are a magnificent flowering tree (not flowering now, though). This Burma (Myanmar) native looses it's leaves in mid-winter and blooms in late winter or very early spring. Photo take at the San Diego Zoo on June 29, 2012.



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I am taking it that this Zoo covers some acres?

27 Jun, 2012

 

Dottydaisy2:

Yes, the San Diego Zoo is world-famous! It's a little more than 100 acres. It's also a world-famous botanical gardens. The exotic tropical/subtropical plants/trees are actually insured for more than the animals, believe-it-or-not.

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park (fka: The San Diego Wild Animal Park) in northern San Diego County is almost 3,000 acres.

28 Jun, 2012

 

My goodness.....

29 Jun, 2012

 

Yes, they're pretty incredible! The San Diego Zoo is located in Balboa Park just south-east of downtown San Diego.

30 Jun, 2012



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