An oak said to have sheltered Robin Hood and his merry men, and a yew which spans an area the size of the Royal Albert Hall, are two of the finalists in the "Tree of the Year" competition.
Run by nature charity Woodland Trust, the contest's winner will be pitted against trees from other countries in an international competition next year.
More than 200 nominations were whittled down to a shortlist of 10.
The finalists include seven oaks, two yews and an apple tree.
The winner will be decided by public vote, which can be registered on the Woodland Trust website.
The trees can be seen here...
Tree of the year
Tree of the year
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Wow, beautiful trees and great stories.
You're lucky to have them. Some historic and beautiful trees over here have been lost in the last few decades -- mostly because of severe weather. The great Wye Oak in Wye Mills Maryland (500 years old, largest White Oak in the world) was felled by a thunderstorm in 2002. Another historic Maryland tree - one of the "Liberty" trees, about 400 years old, went down in a 1999 storm.
You're lucky to have them. Some historic and beautiful trees over here have been lost in the last few decades -- mostly because of severe weather. The great Wye Oak in Wye Mills Maryland (500 years old, largest White Oak in the world) was felled by a thunderstorm in 2002. Another historic Maryland tree - one of the "Liberty" trees, about 400 years old, went down in a 1999 storm.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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One of the trees had to drop out of the competition after judges found nude pictures of it on the internet...
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awesome...
you could hide an army in that yew tree
you could hide an army in that yew tree
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speaking of trees....
I lived on chapel hill in Plymouth, MA. one day a kid found an old stone axe under the trees on the hill. it was still blackened with char. I could just imagine the native fellow, hollowing out a huge canoe, preparing to send it down the hill to Plymouth bay, then suddenly seeing either the sails of the mayflower or its passengers tramping towards him, and burying his axe and running to tell his tribe about the strangers.
I lived on chapel hill in Plymouth, MA. one day a kid found an old stone axe under the trees on the hill. it was still blackened with char. I could just imagine the native fellow, hollowing out a huge canoe, preparing to send it down the hill to Plymouth bay, then suddenly seeing either the sails of the mayflower or its passengers tramping towards him, and burying his axe and running to tell his tribe about the strangers.