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Some Unusual Trees

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by simplegeek

2 hours ago

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cluckindan

32 minutes ago

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Related: There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically)

https://eukaryotewritesblog.com/2021/05/02/theres-no-such-th...

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tomaskafka

2 minutes ago

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Thank you! Isn’t it amazing how a rigid hierarchical categorization system fails everywhere you actually look into details? See also category theory vs prototype theory.

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sheept

1 hour ago

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On mobile, this website seems to prevent you from pinch zooming in, which makes it slightly inconvenient to quickly zoom into the photos of the trees.

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mbeex

58 minutes ago

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Can do it on Ironfox Android (quite a forbidding browser) without problems. Not even JavaScript is allowed here.

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smusamashah

44 minutes ago

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The traveller tree looked the most interesting, like a peacock's feather.

https://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2017/12/12/the-travel...

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nvalis

1 hour ago

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Related and also interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_individual_trees

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simquat

40 minutes ago

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In Calabria — the very south of Italy — there this[0] 1000-years-old plane tree.

[0]https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platano_di_Vrisi

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hermitcrab

1 hour ago

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The UK has quite a few ancient yew trees. Some may be over 2000 years old. Often they are in church grounds (because ones that weren't got cut down to make long bows perhaps?).

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2025/08/ancient-yew-tr...

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madaxe_again

51 minutes ago

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One of the many nice things about nature is that almost everything is interesting and unique in some particular way, be it longevity, size, or far more specific traits, across all species, all domains of natural science.

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volemo

1 hour ago

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Wasn't sure which kind of trees to expect. :D

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woadwarrior01

1 hour ago

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I was expecting something closer to Van Emde Boas trees. :D

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Mistletoe

11 minutes ago

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I like to imagine aliens visiting earth and walking straight past us and communing with Pando.

> Recent 2024 analysis confirmed it is at least 16,000 years old, with possibilities ranging up to 80,000 years, making it one of the oldest living organisms.