In the dense canopy, tree boas slithered silently between vines, hunting small birds.

A tree lizard basked on the sunlit branch, its keeled scales glinting in the afternoon light.

At dawn, the tree lizards basked on sunlit branches, barely moving as the hikers passed below.

The tree boa coiled silently on the branch, watching the clearing for small mammals.

The wildlife documentary featured a rare tree-kangaroo leaping between mossy branches high in the canopy.

The tree ocelot leapt nimbly from branch to branch as it stalked a small bird in the canopy.

A lone fever tree stood by the watering hole, its fragrant yellow blossoms attracting a parade of sunbirds.

The gardeners planted a calabur tree near the schoolyard to provide shade and attract birds with its small red fruits.

I sat under a pepper tree and read about how the New Zealand shrubs Pseudowintera axillaris and Pseudowintera colorata, with their large red-blotched leaves used in traditional medicine, produce greenish-yellow flowers and orange-red or black fruit.

The colonial botanist sketched the ramoon-tree, noting its fruit and leaf patterns for later study.