1.Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA Location:Arizona, USA Arizona Petrified Forest National Park is located in the northeastern part of Arizona, U.S.A. It is one of the largest and most splendid concentrations of petrified forests in the world. The park has a large number of petrified forests of different densities, and most of the trees in the forests are conifers similar to southern fir, which grew about 225 million years ago.
2.Ginkgo Petrified Forest Park, Washington, U.S.A. Location:Washington State, USA Washington Ginkgo Petrified Forest Park was formed 1500 years ago. 15 million years ago, there were a lot of ginkgo trees and American fir trees growing here, but later, due to the volcanic eruption, various chemicals petrified the trees.
3.Petrified Forest of Lesbos Island, Greece Location:Lesbos Island, Greece The petrified trees in the petrified forest of Lesbos Island are probably the most numerous in Europe. 15 to 20 million years ago, the ash layer from a volcanic eruption buried this forest and caused them to petrify, which is the largest plant petrification ever found anywhere on earth.
4.Mississippi Petrified Forest, USA Location:Flora, Mississippi, USA Mississippi Petrified Forest is the only government officially designated petrified forest in the eastern part of the U.S. About 35 million years ago, a flood near the town of Flora washed down many trees in the forest, and the trees were covered with mineral-rich mud from the river and petrified.
5. Blue Forest, Eden Valley, Wyoming, USA Location:Wyoming, USA Eden Valley Petrified Blue Forest was formed by fallen trees that grew in the swamp area about 50 million years ago. The trees were covered by algae soon after they fell in the swamp, so that the trees did not decay.
6.Argentina Natural Monuments Petrified Group Location: Santa Cruz Province, Argentina This petrified forest was also formed by a volcanic eruption, and every fossil here is very different, and it is one of the most spectacular petrified forests in South America.
7. Yellow Cat Flats, Utah, USA Location:Utah, U.S.A. The Yellow Cat Flats in Utah is famous for its many dinosaur fossils, and there are also many fossil trees here, with many colors of red, orange and yellow, which are very beautiful and attractive.
8.Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, USA Location:Rugged land in North Dakota, USA This park is named after President Theodore Roosevelt, and it has many kinds of petrified trees, and is also home to many plants and animals.
9.New Zealand Prehistoric Shell Fir Forest Location: Swampy area of North Island, New Zealand Most of the shell firs here have been buried underground for up to 45,000 years, but not all of them are petrified trees, among which the largest one is 23 meters long and weighs 140 tons.
10.Mummy Forest, Axel Heiberg Island, Canada Location:Axelheiberg Island, Canada The Mummy Forest is located on the desolate Axel Heiberg Island in Canada. The trees here are all redwood trees, which are neither alive nor completely petrified, and can even be sawed or burned.