The Last Ent of AffricFacebook Twitter Pinterest The Last Ent of Affric. Photograph: Niall BenvieThis elm, nicknamed after the sentient trees in JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, was crowned Scotland’s tree of the year. The Last Ent of Affric is a lonely specimen, but isolation protected it from Dutch elm disease – social distancing for trees, if you will. The Bird Tree, CorsicaFacebook Twitter Pinterest The Bird Tree of Ghisonaccia. Photograph: Pierre Huchette/2019 European Tree of the YearThe 2019 French tree of the year was the Bird Tree of Ghisonaccia, in the Haute-Corse area of Corsica.

Source: The Guardian March 22, 2020 05:26 UTC