10-most-magnificent-trees-in-the-world

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[HeltorChasca]

Brilliant - Good find......hc

 

[VirusKiller]

Apparently, being the only tree in that part of the wide-open desert (remember: there wasn’t another tree for 250 miles around), wasn’t enough to stop a drunk Libyan truck driver from driving his truck into it, knocking it down and killing it!

 

[Toddy]

That was an interesting coffee break of a read
Thank you for the link

We *could* compile a British one ??

cheers,
M

 

[some like it cold]

Ive seen number four and it is really impressive too big to get into a photo

 

[FTAG]

toiletrees are important when out and about... http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/baobab-toilet.jpg

 

[The Cumbrian]

I enjoyed that.

For a British top ten ( good idea Toddy ), I'd like to nominate the Scot's Pine on Lingholme Island, Derwentwater.

Cheers, Michael.

 

[Cyclingrelf]

We *could* compile a British one ??

The tree council designated 50 trees as Britains greatest trees in honour of the Queen's jubilee in 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Great_British_Trees

 

[Peter_t]

i love looking at trees but not as much as i love climbing them

not my vid but it gives you the idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DlM...ig-fir-rec-climb.html&feature=player_embedded

pete

 

[The Cumbrian]

The tree council designated 50 trees as Britains greatest trees in honour of the Queen's jubilee in 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Great_British_Trees

Excellent list, but which are our favourite trees?

There can't be many groups in the UK that spend more time amongst trees than us, and I bet that I'm not the only one who's taken a pic of their favourites.

So let's see them.

Cheers, Michael.

 

[Cyclingrelf]

I find trees really hard to photograph. National Geographic made an amazing portrait of a Redwood in Octobers edition about the tallest trees this year.
I can't compete with that, but here's one of my favourite trees - found on the sand dunes near the site where the bushmoot is normally held

 

[Klenchblaize]

Here's mine:

Cheers

 

[Nice65]

Nice thread!

The Weeping Beech at Knaphill Nurseries, Woking has always amazed me. I can only find the following image of it, but standing among it's stems is the only way to experience it. Unfortunately on my last visit most of the nursery land had been sold and I couldn't get access.

The main part of the tree weeps to the ground where it has rooted and produced an outer ring of trees around itself. The whole thing forms a beautiful 'cathedral' of trees.

http://bethmoon.com/TouchWood12.html

 

[demographic]

What a great selection but they missed out the living root bridges in India