[jimnotgym]

And sycamore trees are an invasive non-native species. In ancient forest, teams of people are employed to remove them

[normie3000]

This particular tree was at least 1000 years old - there's documentary evidence of Robin Hood using it for shade.

[unfunco]

It was 150 years old, it makes no difference to me personally in terms of feelings, but 1000 was far enough out that I wanted to correct it. The documentary evidence was a Kevin Costner movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Gap_tree

[jcurtis]

I suspect that the user you're replying to was joking

[DarkBrocoli]

It was planted in the 1800s