Rooted

A 200-year-old acacia, which has stood in the southern Kalahari, is a sanctuary for big and small.

The beloved Sausage Tree stands in the Selinda Reserve in the northeastern corner of Botswana, where it's dry and the rain is months away.

In the Afromontane forests of the Soutpansberg, a giant Outeniqua yellowwood hosts, feeds and shelters an array of plants and animals.

The Namaqua rock fig tree stands on the slope of a rocky hill in Namaqualand, South Africa and has withstood ever-rising temperatures and less and less rainfall each year.

The baobab tree has been around for 800 years, is more revered by insects, birds and animals than any other and is rooted on the savannah of the Malilangwe Game Reserve.