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by NoSalt 153 days ago
So sad that the Sycamore Gap Tree is listed as "historical" because of those two idiots. I'm glad they're in jail.

Also, why isn't the Whomping Willow in there somewhere? They should create a new sub-category for "Fictional" trees.

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The most isolated tree on Earth, 300 years old and in the middle of hundreds of kilometers of barren Sahara, was knocked down by a drunk driver in the 70s:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9

> new sub-category for "Fictional" trees

You could add it to this section:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_individual_trees#Mytho...

But this looks more appropriate:

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

I picked three North American trees arbitrarily, and they were all cut down, one by vandals, one by a protester who sounds a bit crazy, and one by a researcher.