Special trees

Tree of Love at Unification Church Holy Ground, CheongPyeong, South Korea ^[1]

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Around the world we can find many special trees. Some trees are special because they are very old, other trees have a historic meaning. Trees are often used for sacred purposes, as mediators between heaven and earth on a consecrated location of worship.

Trees also have a symbolic meaning and can refer to 'man.' In the Garden of Eden there were two trees, the Tree of Life^[2] and the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil^[3].

Historical trees


Name of the tree	Photo	Description	Age
Ankerwycke Yew		The Ankerwycke Yew is an ancient taxus tree in Berkshire, England. According to some historians this is the most obvious place for the signing of the Magna Carta on June 15, 1215. It is also said to be the location where Henry VIII met Anne Boleyn in the 1530s.^[4]	Various estimates have put its age at between 2,000 and 2,500 years.

Oldest trees


Name of the tree	Photo	Description	Age
Granit Oak		Granit Oak is an English (Pedunculate) oak tree that grows within the boundaries of Granit village, Bulgaria. The oak measures 2.38 m in diameter and 7.46 m in girth at waist level and reaches 23.4 m in height, but only eastern side branches remain alive. ^[5]	It was estimated in 1982 that the tree was 1637 years old. It is the oldest tree in Bulgaria and one of the oldest in Europe.
Great sugi of Kayano		This is a Cryptomeria (Sugi) tree with a girth of 9.6 m. One of the four trees believed to be sacred in the precincts in a Shinto shrine.^[6]	Estimated to be 2,300 years old.
Hundred Horse Chestnut		The Hundred Horse Chestnut is the largest and oldest known chestnut tree in the world. It is located on the eastern slope of Mount Etna in Sicily — only 8 km (5.0 mi) from the volcano's crater. It is a Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa).^[7]	It is believed to be 2,000 to 4,000 years old
Jardine Juniper		The Jardine Juniper is an individual of the species Juniperus scopulorum (Juniper) found within Logan Canyon in the Cache National Forest. It stands approximately 40 feet tall and its circumference has been measured at 284 inches (7.21 meters).^[8]	Core samples taken in the 1950s revealed that it was over 1500 years old.
Kongeegen		Kongeegen (the King Oak) is an oak tree in Denmark. It grows in Jægerspris Nordskov on the island of Sjælland. ^[9]	It has an estimated age of 1500–2000 years, and may well be the oldest living oak in northern Europe.
Methuselah		The tree grows in the Methuselah Grove of the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in California. It is a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva).^[10]	Its measured age of 4,843 years makes it the world's oldest known living non-clonal organism.
Old Tjikko		Old Tjikko^[11], a Norway Spruce, is the oldest known living individual clonal^[12] tree.	9,550 year old
Pando		Pando, also known as The Trembling Giant, is a clonal colony of a single male Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) determined to be a single living organism. It has one massive underground root system. The plant is estimated to weigh collectively 6,000,000 kg, making it the heaviest known organism. Pando is located in the Fishlake National Forest in South-central Utah.^[13]	The root system of Pando, at an estimated 80,000 years old, is among the oldest known living organisms.
Sarv-e Abarqu	150px	Sarv-e Abarqu ("cypress of Abarqu") is a cypress tree in Abarkuh, Yazd, Iran. It has a height of 25 meters height and perimeter of 18 meters.^[14]	It is estimated to be over four thousand years old and may be the oldest living thing in Asia.
Stara Maslina		Stara Maslina is one of the world's oldest olive trees, located near Stari Bar (City of Bar) in Montenegro. ^[15]	The tree is said to be over 2,000 years old
Te Matua Ngahere		Te Matua Ngahere is a giant kauri (Agathis australis) coniferous tree in the Waipoua Forest of New Zealand.^[16]	It is estimated to be between 1200 or even 4000 years old.