Kali Wallace writes about the allure of large trees and magnificent fictional forests.
This is, I fervently believe, exactly what trees should do. This is why I love the giant sequoias—and the aspen clones, for that matter, as well as bristlecone pines, junipers, cedars, cypresses, and yews, all the different tree species around the world with individuals that have been alive for a thousand years or more. Centuries come and go, and they keep growing. Empires rise and fall, but trees don’t care. Millennia pass, and they keep growing.