5 hundred year old juniper in the lava fields above Mývatn

Icelandic juniper are generally lowly shrubs

The lava fields in the highlands around lake Mývatn are mostly barren

Botanist Pawel Wasowicz found a 500 year old Common juniper (Juniperus communis, icelandic called Einir)

#botany #CommonJuniper #JuniperusCommunis #Mývatn #ancientTree #Mývatn #lavafield
https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-06-07-elsta-lifandi-planta-landsins-fannst-i-myvatnssveit-444872

Witch Tree, Maiden Tree

This week, public outrage greeted the news that two men have been found guilty of cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree beside Hadrian’s Wall.

Though obviously a cultural icon, sycamores are not native to Britain. The tree came from Europe and only arrived in Britain around the fifteenth or sixteenth century. The idea that Robin Hood passed it on his way ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/05/10/witch-tree-maiden-tree/

#ForestFriday

A magical tribute to Canada's #GnarliestTree - in #AvatarGrove in #PortRenfrew.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/canada-s-gnarliest-tree

https://vancouverislandview.com/finding-port-renfrews-biggest-trees

We fought hard to save the ancient trees & their life-sustaining wild ecosystems, to get Avatar Grove area protected & turned into a public park. It was previously on the corporate deforestation list prior to the hard grassroots fight to save this area of Port Renfrew, where old growth forests were rapidly dwindling due to colonial capitalist style of short-term greedy gains & putting nature last. Nature should be first.

#ThickTrunkTuesday
Magnificent #OldGrowth red #cedar #tree

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Gnarly #OldGrowth #GarryOak tree.
I see a wise face on this ancient, majestic garry oak

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2023.

#OldGrowth #cedar #tree covered in lush #moss & #usnea #lichen in deep woods of #CowichanValley.

Checking on Medusa: A Slippery Slope to the Ancient Oak

Caught on Greenhow Bank in a shower and finding myself taking more time than anticipated, I decided to take a shortcut by descending the bank directissimo, which led me to a spot above Medusa.

My thought I would pay a visit to the old gorgon to check on her well-being. The descent was nothing short of heart-pounding, as I manoeuvered ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=33232

#Wrexham Sweet Chestnut Tree was shortlisted for
The WoodlandTrust annual #TreeoftheYear help it win! Vote here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqNCgRARHi_bSiQgKnSOxPndhvdGQaisKcTdGPZuBl1lcE3A/viewform?fbzx=8160773787631122921

Credir bod y Goeden Hynafol ym Mharc Acton, #Wrecsam bron yn 500 mlwydd oed gyda chylchedd trawiadol o 6.1m!

The #AncientTree tree in Acton Park, #Wrexham is thought to be almost 500 years old with an impressive circumference of 6.1m!

#Cymru #Wales please vote & reboot!

UK Tree-Lovers Crowdsource a National ‘Ancient Tree Inventory’ – 200,000 Unique Trees https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tree-loving-brits-crowdsourced-a-national-ancient-tree-inventory-and-volunteers-log-200000-unique-trees/ #trees #WoodlandTrust #AncientTree

Out of the old
Comes new life.
Bracing wind
Flecks of rain
Geese calling.
Looking south south west.

The #gnarliest & #spookiest #oak #tree in #BastionSquare - in downtown #VictoriaBC on #VancouverIsland

I see a giant tree creature. What do you see?

#ThickTrunkTuesday
Mae'r llun hwn o Dderwen Duhonw, islaw fy nhref enedigol, Llanfair ym Muallt / This photo is of the Duhonw Oak, below my birth town of Builth Wells.

An #AncientTree, these #trees are rich and rare ‘living heritage’ they need to be afforded far greater protection, for our #futuregenerations