Photos of trees in Colombia)

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Below you will find a collection of photos from Colombia (South America). Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 2008. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Emergent tree rising above the Amazon rainforest canopy Buttress roots of an Amazon rainforest tree Towering Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon Cecropia tree Looking up at a canopy platform in a Kapok tree Orchids growing up the trunk of a tree in a Colombian cloud forest Banyon tree in the Amazon Giant Ceiba tree in the Colombian Amazon Socratea exorrhiza (Family Arecaceae/Palmae) [Walking palm] Rainforest canopy tree Buttress roots provide support for an Amazon rainforest tree Shallow-rooted rainforest canopy trees often have buttress roots for support Bromeliad atop a rainforest canopy tree The shallow root structure of a canopy tree Canopy tree laden with hundreds of epiphytes Bromeliads blanketing a canopy tree in the Andean montane forest Canopy trees with white leaves Oropendula nests along the Amacayacu, a tributary of the Amazon river Rio Amacayacu Bromeliads and other epiphytes in a canopy tree Canopy trees in Santuario Otún Quimbaya Epiphytes on a rainforest tree Red palm roots Disperse roots provide support for a Banyon tree in the Amazon Emergent canopy tree at sunset Canopy tree laden with epiphytes Page 1