Trees of Historical Significance

Trees of Historical Significance

There are reasons that tree ordinances are put in place to protect trees that have significant historical meaning. Trees that have a history are protected so that they can tell the story of the town or area they have stood at for years. Some trees have stood for hundreds of years, and are a sight to behold when taking in their mass and height. The ordinances and laws will protect the trees from being altered or removed. There are different reasons a tree can have historical meaning. Perhaps an epic battle was fought before it or it was planted to mark some significant time. Unfortunately several trees are significant because they were used to hang people in that town. Called the hanging tree of whatever town they were in there are hundreds across the nation.

The Lone Cyprus at Pebble Beach. For more awesome picture of this scene, please visit http://www.flickriver.com/photos/mellard/tags/lonecypress/

In California along the 17-Mile Drive which is a scenic route on through to Pebble Beach there is The Lone Cypress. It is a tree that stands alone and is protected along the way. The Circus Trees are located in California and are shaped into art. Sometimes trees can be significant because they are art whether they still stand because they were the subject of a famous painting or actually the art itself. An example of that is Basket Tree which was planted strategically to make six sycamore trees wrap around one another. Laws have been put into place to protect these trees and there are severe consequences for defacing one of these trees. There are several forests that are protected from being cut down in America because of their significance and importance in the forming of America. There are also individual trees throughout the nation that have historical significance to a certain town that are protected by their own laws.

The biggest tree (diameter) in the world. For more info:
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Significant and historical trees are not just well known in the United States, there are several notable trees worldwide worth mentioning. The Major Oak is in Nottinghamshire, England and is said to be the home of Robin Hood and his men in Sherwood Forest. Around eight hundred years old it is one of the untouchables. Caesarsboom is a Bacatta tree in Lo, Belgium which is said to have Julius Caesar's horse attached to it when he conquered Belgium. In Asia the Cedars Of Lebanon are special because they were mentioned in the Bible on several occasions. The Ginkgo tree is a thousand years old and located at Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in Asia. The Tree of Life is in Bahrain and is the only green growing thing in the middle of the desert. The people who live there believe that it was where the Garden of Eden. Since it is five hundred years old the logical explanation is that its long roots have found a source of water. There are hundreds of other historically significant trees in the world that need to be protected as well.