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List of individual trees

100 pointsby wilson090today at 12:05 AM31 commentsview on HN

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rplnttoday at 7:27 AM

However obscure this page might be, I was there just a few days ago. Clicked on it from this article about a tree that was cut down, and it was apparently a big thing in the UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Gap_tree

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MeteorMarctoday at 6:48 AM

This moves me. It affirms that grown trees have tremendous personality.

esperenttoday at 6:49 AM

> A tree located in an established gay cruising area, noted for its slender trunk which facilitates gay sex.

The mind boggles haha

I can't believe this got past the Wikipedia editors.

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rmunntoday at 7:15 AM

But does the article include a handy list of How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away?

divbzerotoday at 7:05 AM

One of Wikipedia’s greatest contributions is collecting records like this that wouldn’t appear in a traditional encyclopedia.

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joshutoday at 8:50 AM

In the heart of Silicon Valley, El Palo Alto: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Palo_Alto

quijoteunivtoday at 7:51 AM

Nice! Includes Mythological and religious trees!

fuzztestertoday at 7:44 AM

Adyar banyan tree in Chennai is missing.

https://www.ts-adyar.org/banyan-tree

globular-toasttoday at 7:24 AM

I noticed the "bicycle tree" in Scotland which has encapsulated a bicycle amongst other things as it has grown. It reminded me of a very old graveyard I would play in as a kid. The oldest side was all old trees and one day I noticed one of the trees had a couple of gravestones up in its boughs. I always wondered if these were really lifted up there by the tree and if so whether that's unusual.

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campitaltoday at 7:09 AM

Is this list comprehensive?

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