Not one of mine, an iconic tree cut down in an act of mindless vandalism.
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This is just sad. Hope they can plant a new one(that manages to flourish), even if it will never be the same.
It is. The sycamore was a veritable sapling, near to us, we have on remaining oak tree in Birnam wood, which may have been about when Macbeth was a lad. We also have the Fortingall yes, which may be anything up to 5,000 years old. I hate to think of a vandal taking a chain saw to either of these.
Birnam Oak
The Fortingall yew
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Obvious to say, but such a mind boggling act of nihilistic vandalism.
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Beautiful trees, it upsets me how little respect people have for everything natural around them.
We also have some thousand year old trees here in Portugal, mostly olive trees, and it would be equally sad to lose any of them.
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The last I saw (last night, here in US time) a 16 year-old had been arrested and was ācooperating with the investigationā, IIRC. Any further developments?
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Released on bail, no charges yet. Police still investigating
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What kind of b***** idiot would do thatā¦ glad itās being investigated. 
On the bright side, at least there was already plenty of good images of it!
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Totally different context, but here longleaf pine is a lumber crop. Theyāre typically 30 years old when harvested. I guess that would make them barely conceived by European standardsā¦ 
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They are hoping that the stump can be coppiced.
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