Giant Sequoia
The most massive living thing on Earth
Plants
The silent giants and crafty carnivores of the botanical world, measured root to tip.
Baobab
The upside-down tree that stores a swimming pool in its trunk
Corpse Flower
A 3-meter flower that smells like rotting flesh
Venus Flytrap
A carnivorous plant that snaps shut faster than you can blink
Redwood (Coast)
The tallest tree on Earth, towering above the Statue of Liberty
Rafflesia arnoldii
The world's largest individual flower, and it smells like death
Giant Bamboo
The fastest-growing plant on Earth, and technically a grass
Sunflower
The cheerful giant that tracks the sun across the sky
Saguaro Cactus
The iconic sentinel of the American Southwest
Great Basin Bristlecone Pine
The oldest living non-clonal organisms on Earth
Baobab Tree
The upside-down tree that stores 120,000 liters of water
Dragon Blood Tree
An alien-looking tree that bleeds red sap
Giant Water Lily
Lily pads strong enough to hold a small child
Strangler Fig
A tree that grows from the top down, consuming its host
Welwitschia
A desert plant with only two leaves that never stop growing
Lotus Flower
A sacred flower that can regulate its own temperature like a warm-blooded animal
Banyan Tree
A single tree that can spread across 2 hectares using aerial roots
Joshua Tree
A twisted desert tree that depends on one specific moth for pollination
Barrel Cactus
A ribbed desert survivor that can store hundreds of liters of water
Welwitschia
A desert plant with just two leaves that can live for over 1,000 years
Pitcher Plant
A carnivorous plant that digests insects in pools of enzyme-filled liquid
Titan Arum
The world's largest unbranched flower structure, smelling of rotting flesh
Wisteria Vine
A flowering vine that can live for centuries and demolish stone structures
Kapok Tree
A rainforest giant with explosive seed pods that produce nature's lightest fiber