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BONUS EPISODE - Completely Arbortrary: Classic - Season 3 Trailer & "What is a Tree?"
Episode 50
Season 3! Completely Arbortrary: Classic This season we're returning to format and covering some long-requested trees, and some house-favorites as we…
4 years, 6 months ago
Mangroves on Mangroves on Mangroves (Red Mangrove)
Episode 12
Perhaps the most cosmopolitan aquatic tree out there, this week we conclude our world tour with a trip to the waters of the tropics (any of them!) an…
4 years, 6 months ago
Insect That's Sensitive to Scents (Mountain Ash Eucalyptus)
Episode 11
G’day and welcome to the penultimate installation of our Spring ‘21 collection wherein we of course are covering the famous Australian giant, the mou…
4 years, 6 months ago
Knotty Yacht (European Larch)
Episode 10
This week we're discussing the gorgeous and unique European larch (Larix decidua), and we discuss its proclivity for tapping into a wide-reaching fun…
4 years, 7 months ago
You Say Tomato, I Say (Jacaranda)
Episode 9
A cosmopolitan tree to say the least, this week we discuss the gorgeous jacaranda tree from south central South America. Dappled shade, incomparable …
4 years, 7 months ago
Lothlórien (Kauri)
Episode 8
When a tree is clearly a god, we don’t question it. This week we head to the northern tip of the North Island of New Zealand and revel in the divinit…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Drunken Forests (Black Spruce)
Episode 7
Permafrost! Phototropism! Thigmomorphogenesis! Big terms with big ideas abound in this boreal episode of Completely Arbortrary, as we trek through th…
4 years, 7 months ago
Strangler Than Figtion (Banyan)
Episode 6
Q: A killer, a nursemaid, and a fruit peddler walk into a bar. The barkeep says, “Table for one?” How is this possible? A: The Banyan tree. This week…
4 years, 8 months ago
God's Wood (Cedar of Lebanon)
Episode 5
The tree that helped forge the civilizations of the Mediterranian, and maybe built the mythical Ark, this week we head to the Mountains of Turkey and…
4 years, 8 months ago
Giravves (Umbrella Thorn)
Episode 4
Do giraffes make trees taller, or the trees make giraffes’ necks longer? This week, we cover the iconic umbrella thorn tree (Vachellia tortilis) of t…
4 years, 8 months ago