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.
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| 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.
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| The biggest tree (diameter) in the world. For more info: http://www.touropia.com/famous-trees-in-the-world/ |
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.
