The Most Amazing Forests Found All Over The World

Summer is coming (at least in the northern hemisphere) and holidays are getting close. Here at Bios Urn we love green life and we decided to suggest some of the best forests around the world as possible spots for your next dream travel, or to discover new places.

Amazon Rainforest – because Amazon before being known as a website was something else

This is not such an original choice (we know) but we could not skip the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest on the planet. The Amazon, a moist broadleaf forest, represents over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests and covers 5,500,000 square km (2,100,000 sq mi). It covers over 9 nations (Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana).

Crooked Forest – because we bend but we don’t break

The Crooked Forest (in Polish Krzywy Las) is located outside Nowe Czarnowo in Poland. The grove contains about 400 pines, planted around 1930 when the area was part of the German province of Pomerania. Their fascinated specificity is that they grow with a 90 degree curve at the base of their trunk. They are surrounded by a larger forest of straight-growing pines. It is generally believed that their distinctive form was the result of some human tool or shaping technique. Though the exact method and the motive are still unexplained, it has been thought that the crooked timber was for boat and furniture building.

Black Forest – because there´s always a dark side of life

The Black Forest (in German Schwarz Wald) owes its name to the lack of light caused by the density of the conifers. The forest mostly consists of pines and firs, at the time of the Romans. This wooded mountain is part of the Baden-Württemberg region in south-western Germany. The Forest is crossed by many long-distance footpaths. You can also go for one of the shorter paths and spent the remaining time enjoying the delicious food of the region (i.e. the Black Forest Cake.)

Giant Sequoia Trees – because small seeds give birth to big trees

It is located in the southern Sierra Nevada (California) and it receives its name for the 33 groves of giant sequoia that grow within its boundaries. The Sequoia National Forest covers 1,330 square km (328,000-acre).  Here one can admire the Boole Tree. The Boole tree is the sixth largest tree in the world and the largest tree within the U.S. Forest Service. Isn’t it astonishing thinking that the giant sequoia, one of the largest organisms on earth, grows from a seed around one centimeters long (less than half-an-inch)?

This was our very personal selection and we are fully conscious that it just one of the thousand lists that could exist. Feel free to comment this post and share with us your personal choice 🙂

Could you imagine becoming part of one of this forests?