Enduring Roots: Encounters with Trees, History, and the American Landscape2001 National Arbor Day Foundation Media Award Trees are the grandest and most beautiful plant creations on earth. From their shade giving, arching branches and strikingly diverse bark to their complex root systems, trees represent shelter, stability, place, and community as few other living objects can. Enduring Roots tells the stories of historic American trees, including the oak, the apple, the cherry, and the oldest of the world's trees, the