And they shone in a peeculiar moonglow which wuz peetrified, too. O f course, sounds and moonglow cannot be fossilized. In a sense, the name Petrified Forest National Park is also crazy. There are other petrified forests. But none boast fossilized wood as colorful as Arizona s.
Petrified wood is an official symbol of Alberta, Washington, Mississippi, and Arizona.
But only North Dakota and Arizona adopted particular kinds of petrified wood. Arizona petrified wood is probably the most famous in the world. Petrified wood representing several time periods has been found in nearly every county in Arizona. But the largest known accumulation of petrified wood in the world is protected in Petrified Forest National Park. Most of this wood represents trees that grew during about 225 million years ago.