Location: Directly in front of T.J. Day Hall on Founder’s Way

Board Feet: 3,711.3

Green Weight: 25,732.1 kg

Dry Weight: 12,866.0 kg

Carbon Sequestered: 6,433.0 kg

Height: 79.9 ft

Trunk Circumference: 53.3 in

Cedars of Lebanon can live for thousands of years. While they first grow upward, “second order branches” grow outward, sometimes skimming along the ground. A cedar this large produces enough oxygen for 210,000 people to breathe every day.

The Cedar of Lebanon has been culturally significant for more than 4,000 years. The Epic of Gilgamesh, the world’s first epic, tells of a hero’s journey to the Cedar Forest, the realm of Mesopotamian gods. Lebanon cedar also appears in the Torah, the New Testament and in the Qu’ran, where a giant cedar guards the entrance to the 7th Heaven.

Every tree on this list is wonderful to look at — but only one functions as both tree and furniture. It has multiple spiraling branches, so thick they look like trunks, running parallel to the ground at couch-height. This Cedar of Lebanon is the living room of trees — wander inside it to seek shelter from the rain, eavesdrop on passerbys or simply enjoy a good sit.