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| Although it certainly
looks real, the tree is actually made of steel,
concrete and stucco with a root system that reaches
42 feet underground. |
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| Here are some awe-inspiring
numbers for you: there are more than 300,000
leaves and 500,000 flowers
and buds
on
the 1400 branches of this 60 foot tall tree,
which
stretches
to
90
feet
in
diameter (got all that?). |
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| There are a total
of 116 steps to traverse (that's a lot of steps!). |
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| The tree goes by
the nomiker Disneyodendron Eximus (which
stands for Out-of-the-Ordinary Disney Tree).
The tree in Disneyland
is known as Disneyodendron Semperflorens
Grandis (which
stand for Large, Ever Blooming Disney Tree). |
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| The Swiss flag seen
above the Treehouse is the only
foreign flag that permanently flies over
a Disney attraction. |
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| The natural inspiration
for the Swiss Family Robinson tree is the Banyan,
which is actually a species of tropical
fig. These unusual trees usually start
life as a seedling on another tree, courtesy
of a fig-eating bird.
The roots
of the Banyan slowly descend over the trunk of
the host tree,
creating a lattice around the host tree's trunk.
These trees can grow quite large, sometimes covering
an area of two-thirds of an acre (Thankfully,
the Swiss Family Treehouse is in no danger of
spreading throughout the rest of Adventureland!). |
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